Forensic Science Ch 2 Vocab

Chain of custody

• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• (indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not to prove it
• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene
• small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at crime scene

Circumstantial evidence

• (indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not to prove it
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene
• small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at crime scene

class evidence

• material that connects an indivisual or thing to a certain group
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• (indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not to prove it
• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene

Crime scene reconstruction

• a hypothesis of sequence of event from before the crime was committed though its commission
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• (indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not to prove it
• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene

crime-scene investigation

• a multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• (indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not to prove it
• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene

Direct evidence

• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of crime
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• a location where crime was took place
• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of crime

First responder

• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• a location where crime was took place
• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of crime

Individual evidence

• a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• a location where crime was took place
• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of crime

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Paper bindle

• a folded paper used to hold trace evidence
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• a location where crime was took place
• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of crime

Primary crime scene

• a location where crime was took place
• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
• (indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not to prove it
• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of crime