Forensic Investigation and Criminology Review

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering forensic investigation concepts, homicide classifications, trial procedures, and physiological trauma terminology from the lecture notes.

Elements of the crime

actus reus mens rea

The type of evidence that forensic investigators focus on.

Circumstantial evidence

The type of evidence that CSI focuses on.

Physical evidence

Who can suffer from PTSD in involvement with an investigation?

Everyone involved

Confrontational homicide

a test of honor

Cost of homicide in 2001

22 billion

Categories of hate crime

religion, sexual orientation, race, color, sex, disability,

GSW

gunshot wound.

Examples of past hate crimes

Emmet Till and Matthew Shepard

Mass murder

4 victims.

sentence for capital murder

death penalty

The body type associated with violent crime.

Athletic/muscular

In sharp force trauma cases, whose hands may both have injury

victim and suspect

When are the victim impact statements read at trial?

sentencing phase

An affirmative defense used when trying to determine if a crime is murder or manslaughter.

Provocation

Body identification methods

dental, fingerprints, and DNA.

The quality of the skin that causes wounds to shrink or appear smaller.

Elasticity

Who is impacted by raised testosterone

women, men, and non-human primates.

Means

ability

Motive

reason

opportunity

chance