Forensics First Semester Review

uses DNA to solve post-conviction cases to exclusively decide guilt or innocence 

• Deductive Reasoning
• Observation
• Analytical Skills
• Innocence Project

A good observer should...

• interpret immediately
• let another person document
• jump to conclusions
• turn off filters

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a forensic investigator is only interested in...

• proving guilt or innocence
• solving the crime
• testifying in court
• collecting/examining evidence

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What is the first step in processing a crime scene?

• Photography
• Rough sketch
• Finished sketch
• Securing the perimeter

Forensic science is any science that

• studies skeletal remains
• studies living organisms
• analyzes body fluids
• is applied to matters of criminal and civil law

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Material that can be associated only with a group of items that share properties or characteristics

• Class Evidence
• Indirect Evidence
• Probability
• Evidence

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Original Location of a crime or accident 

• primary crime scene
• secondary crime scene
• testimonial
• original crime scene 

Alternate location where additional evidence is found

• primary crime scene
• alternate crime scene
• secondary crime scene
• original crime scene

Which type of evidence is a confession?

• circumstantial

• direct

• physical

• all of these

What type of evidence is DNA?

• direct

• circumstantial

• class

• all of these

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