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Hot search
Assumes perpetrator is still in vicinity of CS, through search of CS and surrounding area, done immediately after CS is discovered
Cold search
Assumes perpetrator has fled scene, done hours/days after CS has been discovered, search surrounding neighborhood, neighbors questioned for potential witnesses
Direct evidence
proves a fact directly without any inference or presumption
Ex: your eyewitness testimony that you saw mr smith steal the diamond necklace
Circumstantial evidence
evidence that relies on an inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact
ex: your eyewitness testimony that you saw mr smith go into the house and when he came out the diamond necklace was gone
AAFS
American Academy of Forensic Science
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
CODIS
Combined DNA Index System
AFIS
Automated Fingerprint Identification System
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
DEA
Drug Enforcement Administration
ATF
(Bureau of) Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
BPA
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
DOA
Dead On Arrival
DUI
Driving Under the Influence
TOD
Time of Death
PMI
Post Mortem Interval
DRT
Dead Right There
B&E
Breaking and Entering
Class evidence
Evidence with characteristics that belong to a group rather than a single source
Class evidence can narrow down possible suspects, some class evidence can be stronger if the group it belongs to is smaller/ more rare, becomes stronger as it adds up, if the suspect has similar hair, fibers, and blood types as the evidence left at the scene… the chance of another person having all those matching characteristics are low
Types of class evidence
Hairs, fibers, soil, paint chips, powders, blood types, product brand, make, model, lot year, etc.
Individual evidence
Evidence with characteristics that belong to a single source at the exclusion of all other sources
demonstrates that a person or object was at the crime scene, analyzing to the skill of the CSI to make a match, and the evidence available, ex. smudged fingerprints may only have 3 points of similarity with a suspect’s fingerprint is that enough similarity to convict
Types of individual evidence
DNA Fingerprints, fingerprints, wear patterns/impressions, things that ‘fit together’
Where on the body would a superficial wound be?
On the surface
What does a forensic psvchiatrist do?
Behavior/able to stand trial
Would a ransom note made out of a magazine (location unknown) be class or individual evidence?
Class
\n Who said that interaction will have an exchange of evidence?
Locard
Direct or circumstantial: video camera footage from the bank across the street
Direct
Who is known for forensic toxicology?
Orfila
What is human body term for fingers and toes
Digits
What is the human body term for close to where the limb attaches to the trunk?
Proximal
Why is DNA evidence usually so late in coming back?
Labs are backed up
Class or Individual: a smeared blood drop collected today
Class
What does forensic odontology study?
Teeth
Who has the biggest forensics lab?
FBI
What data base is used to store fingerprints?
AFIS
What is the body term for the place where blood is drawn?
Antecubital
The amendment that says police need a search warrant is the
4th
Ultimately who decides if the forensic evidence is good enough
Jury
Class or individual: a gun and shell casing near the body
Individual
Who is the CSI would investigate a building falling down?
Engineer
What is the CSI effect?
High expectation of speed and evidence
What data base contains DNA files?
CODIS
What body term means armpit?
Axillary
Direct or circumstantial: shoe print at the crime scene
Circumstantial
Who is credited with anthropometry?
Bertillon
Who first started studying fingerprints?
Galton
What did the Daubert ruling allow in court?
Expert witnesses
Class or individual: baseball bat found at the scene?
Class
What is the term for the front side of the body?
Anterior or ventral
What is the acronym for how long someone has been dead when they are found?
PMI
What does B&E mean?
Breaking and entering
What is the body term for the back of the knee?
Popliteal
What is the body term for the neck vertebrae?
Cervical
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