Acronyms
A genetic sample found at a crime scene would be analyzed and run through this database to look for matches to existing offenders' genetic profiles.
What is CODIS (Combined DNA Index System)?
Safety of any individuals at a crime scene is the first priority of these professionals.
Who are first responders?
Professionals in this subfield conduct autopsies.
What is forensic pathology?
An example of trace evidence.
Hair, skin, blood, fingerprints
An example of something that can be used to determine time of death (TOD).
What is rigor mortis, insects, flora decay, etc. ?
The phenomenon in which crime and court television shows affects jurors expectations of presented evidence.
What is the CSI Effect?
The recovery and analysis of skeletal remains are conducted by forensic _____.
Examples of this type of evidence include fingerprints and blood spatter, which proves that a person was present, but is not necessarily guilty of a crime.
What is circumstantial evidence?
Category
Eyewitness Reliability
IBIS
What is Integrated Ballistics Identification System?
A murder victim is disposed of in a swamp, but was not killed there. The swamp is this type of crime scene.
What is secondary crime scene?
Examples of evidence analysis within this subfield include ballistics, blood spatter, and hair and fiber.
What is criminalistics?
When evidence trades hands, this ensures a documented and unbroken transfer of evidence.
What is the chain of custody log?
The color of the marker I was holding at the beginning of class.
Green
The Evidence Response Team (ERT) within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) train to find and analyze skeletal remains in this training grounds.
What is the Body Farm?
A person who has seen a bank robbery and can communicate what they observed to investigators is called this.
What is an eyewitness?
Who are forensic entomologists?
An eyewitness testimony of a crime is an example of this type of evidence.
What is direct evidence?
AFIS
Automated Fingerprint Identification System
The four patterns a crime scene can be searched in.
What are Grid, Linear, Quadrant/Zone, Spiral?
Forensic psychologists assess the mental health of defendants to determine ________ to stand trial.
What is competency?
When two objects come into contact, a mutual transfer of material occurs. The intensity, duration, and nature of the materials in contact will determine the degree of transfer. This is referred to as...
What is Locard's Exchange Principle?