Evidence & Investigations: Forensic skills to investigating

What ways do we judge people?

• physical appearance

• character

• ethnicity, culture and race

• education and career

• all of the options listed

Forensic Investigators follow the Scientific Method. What is the first step in the Scientific Method?

• hypothesis

• identify problem

• evidence

• experiments

An example of physical evidence would be:

• gut instinct of an investigator

• fingerprints

• a witness statement

How might an Entomologist help solve a crime?

• analyzes behavior of people involved

• analyzes cells and tissues found at the crime scene

• examine insects at crime scene to determine date and time of death

Forensic Science is the use of scientific methods to study crime evidence that

will then be used as testimony in a court of law.

• true

• false

Containing the scene means:

• place evidence in containers

• gather all evidence

• means the officers do not let anyone except those

  people authorized to be in the area

• gather all witnesses

Observation is when you...

• note an occurrence using your five senses

• watch very carefully

• watch and gather information

Inferring means to..

• give your opinion

• watch carefully and take notes

• explanation or interpretation of observations

An accomplice is...

• a bystander

• the victim of a crime

• A person connected with a crime that¶s been committed

• a witness to a crime

Evidence is...

• Facts or signs that prove or support an idea, items used

  as proof that a crime was committed

• things at a crime scene

• factual and physical information