Forensics Ch. 2 pt 1

Detectives separate witnesses in order to prevent

collusion

Evidence that (if proven true) an alleged fact

direct evidence

A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing

individual evidence

Direct evidence includes

First-hand observations such as eyewitness accounts

Evidence that narrows an identity to a group of persons or things

class evidence

Circumstantial evidence

Indirect evidence that can be used to imply a fact

The crime scene investigation team is made up of

legal and scientific professionals working to solve a crime

Trace evidence is a type of circumstantial evidence, examples of which include

fingerprints found on a glass, hair brush found on a brush, blood droplets on a shirt

Another name for medical examiners

coroners

Specialists at a crime scene include

entomologists, forensic pathologists, forensic scientists

Securing the crime scene is the responsibility of the ____

police officer

The type of evidence transferred materials are considered to be to a forensic examiner

trace evidence

What a crime sketch should include

a distance scale, date and location of the crime scene, and a north heading

Locard’s Principle implies _

Cat hair can be transferred to your pants, soil samples can be carried from the yard into your home, and fibers can be transferred from one person to another.

Collecting physical evidence and documenting the crime scene in detail is the responsibility of

crime-scene investigators

Forming a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime through its commission

crime scene reconstruction

Another name for a druggist fold

paper bindle

A location other than the primary crime, where related evidence is found

secondary crime scene

The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence

chain of custody

Crime scene search patterns

grid, linear, quadrant, zone, and spiral

Datum point

a permanent, fixed point of reference used in mapping a crime scene

First responder

the first safety official to arrive at a crime scene