History of Forensics/Crime Scene to Courtroom
The first 10 amendments of the US Constitution.
What are the bill of rights?
Deriving consequences from facts, using a series of logical steps
What is deductive Reasoning?
Securing the scene, separating witnesses, scanning the scene, seeing the scene, sketching the scene, searching the scene, securing the scene.
What are the 7Ss?
Signed Ransom Note
C or D
What is direct evidence?
Used to pick up small items.
What are forceps?
Guarantees the right to a speedy public trial, an impartial jury, a lawyer, and to know your accusers and charges.
What is Article 6?
An organization that seeks to get wrongfully convicted persons out of prison using advancements in Science.
What is the innocence project?
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence, ensuring it is accounted for from the crime scene to the courtroom.
What is Chain of Custody?
Size 9 nike shoe next to a dead body with skin cells inside.
C or D
What is biological circumstantial evidence?
What should be done instead of smelling chemicals.
What is waft?
Dictates what evidence can be presented in a criminal case.
What is the Frye Standard?
Called to a court of law to provide facts.
What is a forensic scientist?
Team member responsible for declaring the cause of death when a homicide occurs.
What is the medical examiner?
Strand of Hair with follicle
C or I
What is Individual evidence?
Used to measure 10ml of alcohol in a lab
What is a graduated cylinder?
Dictates what expert testimony can/cannot be presented in a criminal case.
What is the Daubert Principle?
The Innocence Project found that mostly faulty convictions were based on...
What is faulty eyewitness testimony?
Special way of folding paper to securely hold small, trace evidence such as hair, fibers, powders, or other tiny particles.
What is a bindle/druggist fold?
Jacket fiber (10% cotton)
C or D
What is Physical Circumstantial evidence?
Ocular lens x objective lens
What is the formula for total magnification?
Standard used during the Casey Anthony Case.
What is the Frye Standard?
Relaxed, slow to action, methodical, records everything, calm
What are the characteristics of a good observer?
The missing component to include in a sketch of the crime.
True North (direction), location, fixed objects (windows/doors), name of sketcher, date
What is placard/evidence marker numbers/letters?
Blood spatter patterns and gunshot residue are examples of this category of evidence, while testimony from a witness who saw the crime occur is this other category.
What is physical circumstantial and direct evidence?
This piece of lab equipment protects from chemicals, glass shards, and debris, and is required in almost all forensic lab work.
What are safety goggles?