types of evidence
What is evidence
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
Who is at the crime scene?
Police, crime scene investigators, medical examiners, detectives, and specailist
What is evidence?
A statement/proof to confirm a possibility to be accurate.
What is a staged crime scene?
A staged crime scene is a distraction that could distract any law personnel to cover up a much bigger crime than the one they may be focused on
What is a eye witness?
A eye witness is someone who watches the events unfold and can explain what they saw.
what is direct evidence?
Direct evidence could be a witness directly seeing the defendant commit the crime.
Who are usual first responders?
Police, fire station, or medical professionals could all be correct.
What is a witness
In law, a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, either oral or written, of what they know or claim to know.
What is the point of a staged crime scene?
Stages crime scenes are used to cover something much larger. Such as staging a murder to look like a suicide.
What is witness evidence called?
Testimonial witness
What is circumstantial evidence?
Circumstantial evidence or indirect evidence could refer to things such as fingerprints, a hair follicle, blood, or anything indicating that the defendant was there.
Why do crime scene teams separate witnesses
They separate witnesses to make sure stories aren't mixed up
What is Forensic science?
Forensic science also known as criminalistics uses principles in science to link to criminal crime scenes.
(It is NOT just the study of dead things so if you said that NO point)
Give an example of a staged crime scene
(Your group will help determine whether or not that its a staged crime scene)
What is a Character witness?
(Somone who may personally know the defendant)
What is physical evidence?
Physical evidence is evidence that could be physically seen such as a weapon, a footprint, or anything the defendant could've left behind.
What roles are apart of the team?
What is blood spatter?
Blood patterns produced as a result of having received additional force or motion than gravity.
What's the most common staged crime scenes?
Staging a suicide to cover a murder. A fire to cover up bankruptcy. Staging a home invasion to collect insurance money.
(If you listed any of these you get the points)
A fact witness is a person with knowledge about the relevant facts in a particular case
What is biological evidence?
Biological evidence could refer to any bodily fluids and or tissue. This form of evidence is really important because it could link to the defendants DNA.
What are the seven S's of crime scene investigation
1:Secure the crime scene 2: separate the witnesses 3:Scan the scene 4:See if crime scene investigators collected close-up photos of the scene. 5:Sketch the scene 6:search for evidence. 7: secure the collected evidence.
What is Chain of Custody?
Chain of custody is a process used to track the movement and control of an asset through its lifecycle by documenting each person and organization that handles an asset
(The documented movement of evidence to make sure evidence is not tampered with)
What is a expert witness?
Expert witnesses generally confine their testimony to a specific area of expertise