Forensic Science Semester Review

Small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene

• trace evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• datum point

• class evidence

a person who has seen someone or something related to a crime and can communicate his or her observations

• Eyewitness
• Suspect
• Opinion
• Forensic Investigator

a statement or information that can be verified

• Fact
• Opinion
• Logical
• Observation

meaning "of the forum" or "in open court/public"

• Forensic

• Forensic Science

• Observation

• CSI Effect

relating the application of science to law/the criminal justice system

• Forensics
• Forensic Science
• Forensic Investigator
• CSI Effect

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

• Deductive Reasoning
• Observation
• Analytical Skills
• Innocence Project

what a person perceives with his or her sense

• Fact
• Opinion
• Observation
• Perception

personal belief founded on judgement rather than on direct experience or knowledge

• opinion
• observation
• fact
• perception

Circumstantial evidence is:

• direct evidence that can be used to imply a fact, but does directly prove it.

• indirect evidence that can be used to imply a fact, but does not directly prove it.

• indirect evidence that cannot be used to imply a fact.

• none of these choices

Class evidence narrows an identity to:

• a group of persons or things

• an individual person or thing

• an individual person

• a subgroup