What is Locard's exchange principle?

Offenders leave traces at the crime scene & vice versa

What is testimonial evidence?

Written or oral statements given at trial by witnesses

What is trace evidence?

Material transferred from the suspect to the crime scene or vice versa

Which of these is an example of inadmissible hearsay evidence?

At trial, a witness testifies about what they were told by someone else

Which TWO methods do investigators use to make latent fingerprints visible?

Dusting prints with magnesium powder / exposing them to ultraviolet light

How would evidence from plastic prints be collected?

By making a mould of the prints

Identify ONE legal consequence of contaminated physical evidence, e.g. DNA

Evidence may not be admitted at trial

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Criminology: processing evidence (Unit 3, AC 1.3)

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2 types of evidence may be processed in criminal investigations: physical & testimonial. Help your students to test their knowledge of the ways in which these must be processed so they can be used at trial. Cheerio for now, from the Friendly Criminology Teacher.

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1
Trace evidence can include toxicology results from, e.g. a drugs sample taken at the roadside
False
True
2
Shoeprints, tyre marks, plastic prints can be classified as impression evidence
False
True
3
What is Locard's exchange principle?
Victims leave traces of evidence at the crime scene
Offenders bring traces of material to the crime scene
Offenders leave traces at the crime scene
Offenders leave traces at the crime scene & vice versa
4
In criminal litigation, prosecution & defence are under a duty to disclose documents that are relevant to the case
False
True
5
What is testimonial evidence?
Transcripts of police interviews with witnesses
Written statements given at trial by witnesses
Written or oral statements given at trial by witnesses
Oral statements given at trial by witnesses
6
Whose case illustrates the risks of relying on potentially contaminated physical evidence to secure a murder conviction?
John Duffy
The Green River Killer
Barry George
Stephen Kiszko
7
What is trace evidence?
Material transferred from the crime scene to the suspect
Material transferred from the suspect to the crime scene
Material transferred from the suspect to the crime scene or vice versa
Material that is minute in quantity, e.g. skin cells
8
Which of these types of testimonial evidence will NOT be admissible at trial?
Written statements from witnesses
Confessions made in police custody
Most kinds of hearsay evidence
Evidence from vulnerable people, e.g. children
9
Which of these is an example of inadmissible hearsay evidence?
Testimony given by vulnerable persons
Statements at trial of events that were seen by the witness herself
At trial, a witness testifies about what they were told by someone else
Statements at trial of events that were heard by the witness herself
10
Which TWO methods do investigators use to make latent fingerprints visible?
Dusting prints with polyurethane epoxy resin powder / ultraviolet light
Using bright light / a special torch
Dusting prints with magnitized powder / using infra-red light
Dusting prints with magnesium powder / exposing them to ultraviolet light
11
How would evidence from plastic prints be collected?
That's impossible: impressions of plastic prints can't be lifted
By using special sticky plastic to take an impression
By dusting them with magnesium powder
By making a mould of the prints
12
Another kind of impression can be left by bite marks. Who might analyse a bite impression left on, e.g. an apple?
Forensic dental specialist
A dentist
An orthodontist
A forensic odontologist
13
Identify ONE legal consequence of contaminated physical evidence, e.g. DNA
Evidence may not be admitted at trial
A trick question - this wouldn't affect the trial at all
S'ok - even contaminated physical evidence is fairly reliable
14
Investigators can check impressions of shoeprints against information held on the National Footwear Reference Collection
True
False

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Criminology: processing evidence (Unit 3, AC 1.3)

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Questions 14

Answers

1
Trace evidence can include toxicology results from, e.g. a drugs sample taken at the roadside
False
True
2
Shoeprints, tyre marks, plastic prints can be classified as impression evidence
False
True
3
What is Locard's exchange principle?
Victims leave traces of evidence at the crime scene
Offenders bring traces of material to the crime scene
Offenders leave traces at the crime scene
Offenders leave traces at the crime scene & vice versa
4
In criminal litigation, prosecution & defence are under a duty to disclose documents that are relevant to the case
False
True
5
What is testimonial evidence?
Transcripts of police interviews with witnesses
Written statements given at trial by witnesses
Written or oral statements given at trial by witnesses
Oral statements given at trial by witnesses
6
Whose case illustrates the risks of relying on potentially contaminated physical evidence to secure a murder conviction?
John Duffy
The Green River Killer
Barry George
Stephen Kiszko
7
What is trace evidence?
Material transferred from the crime scene to the suspect
Material transferred from the suspect to the crime scene
Material transferred from the suspect to the crime scene or vice versa
Material that is minute in quantity, e.g. skin cells
8
Which of these types of testimonial evidence will NOT be admissible at trial?
Written statements from witnesses
Confessions made in police custody
Most kinds of hearsay evidence
Evidence from vulnerable people, e.g. children
9
Which of these is an example of inadmissible hearsay evidence?
Testimony given by vulnerable persons
Statements at trial of events that were seen by the witness herself
At trial, a witness testifies about what they were told by someone else
Statements at trial of events that were heard by the witness herself
10
Which TWO methods do investigators use to make latent fingerprints visible?
Dusting prints with polyurethane epoxy resin powder / ultraviolet light
Using bright light / a special torch
Dusting prints with magnitized powder / using infra-red light
Dusting prints with magnesium powder / exposing them to ultraviolet light
11
How would evidence from plastic prints be collected?
That's impossible: impressions of plastic prints can't be lifted
By using special sticky plastic to take an impression
By dusting them with magnesium powder
By making a mould of the prints
12
Another kind of impression can be left by bite marks. Who might analyse a bite impression left on, e.g. an apple?
Forensic dental specialist
A dentist
An orthodontist
A forensic odontologist
13
Identify ONE legal consequence of contaminated physical evidence, e.g. DNA
Evidence may not be admitted at trial
A trick question - this wouldn't affect the trial at all
S'ok - even contaminated physical evidence is fairly reliable
14
Investigators can check impressions of shoeprints against information held on the National Footwear Reference Collection
True
False