Duplicate of Forensics - Unit 01 - Chapters 1 and 2

Verbal testimony of a forensic scientist alone may not be entered into evidence without:

Our emotional states influences our ability to see and hear what is happening around us.

What we perceive about people depends on their mannerisms and gestures.

An example of trace evidence would be:

Forensic derives from the Latin word, forensis, which means:

To ensure all evidence is found, a crime scene is often laid out in a:

During this review I ______________

Securing the scene is the responsibility of the first responding:

The first task of forensic scientists is to find, examine, and evaluate evidence.

Specialists at a crime scene include:

The terms grid, linear, and zone are typically used to describe datum points.

A medical examiner is a medical doctor and also tend to be:

A person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts is:

An evidence log and a chain of custody must be attached to the evidence container

Class evidence narrows an identity to:

Direct evidence includes

The location where the crime took place is a

An interesting aspect of our perception is that we believe what we:

Detectives look for leads by interviewing witnesses.

Whenever two people come in contact with each other, a transfer occurs. This material is called

Through our senses, we gather information every single moment about what is around us.

Eyewitness accounts vary because what you observe depends on your level of:

Ballistics expects work with

What a person pays attention to using his or her senses

Deriving a conclusion from the facts using a series of logical steps is

A location where evidence is found related to the crime, but NOT where the crime took place:

Forensic lab technicians are

An opinion is a statement or information that can be verified.

The purpose of the Innocence Project was to reexamine post-conviction cases using

A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing is called class evidence.

Perception: