Forensics Vocabulary: Unit 1

The science of tests and techniques used during the investigation of crimes.

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Forensics
• Biology

Evidence given in court

• testimony

• eyewitness

• perpetratpr

• conviction

the ability to identify relevant issues, recognize their importance, understand the relationships between them, and perceive the underlying causes of a situation

• Analytical Skills

• Deductive Reasoning

• Forensics

• Perception

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

the process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations

• Analytical Skills

• Deductive Reasoning

• Forensics

• Perception

The act of becoming aware through the senses

• Analytical Skills

• Deductive Reasoning

• Forensics

• Perception

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

a person who commits a crime

• perpetrator

• eyewitness

• conviction

• perception

a sketch of a person's face

• facial composite

• forensice

• perception

• testimony

a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.

• perception

• prejudice

• conviction

• testimony

preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

• perception

• prejudice

• conviction

• testimony

The study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution.

• pathology

• anthropology

• entomology

• serology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4