Investigative Process Forensics

evidence used to imply a fact bust not prove it directly.

• individual evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• trace evidence

• direct evidence

a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission

• secondary crime scene

• primary crime scene

• crime-scene investigation

• crime-scene reconstruction

a folded paper used to hold trace evidence

• paper bag

• paper bindle

• envelope

material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group

• trace evidence

• class evidence

• individual evidence

• direct evidence

Direct Evidence includes all but the following...

• blood left at the scene

• eye witness

• victim's testimony

• suspect's alibi

Maintaining a ______ _____ _______ log is essential to present credible evidence in court.

• Turning off Filters

• Chain of Command

• Chain of Custody

• Evidence ID Forms

Processing a crime scene involves:

• only collecting evidence and taking pictures

• Collecting evidence, sketching the scene, taking pictures, interviewing suspects, and examining the scene

• only examining the scene and interviewing witnesses

• only sketching the scene and taking pictures

What do you need to do for sketch a crime scene??

• locate evidence by triangle or rectangle method

• add compass

• add legend

• add key

• all above

Fingerprints?

• Direct, physical, individual
• Direct, physical, class
• Circumstantial, physical, individual
• Circumstantial, biological, individual

Blood splatter on a wall?

• Circumstantial, physical, individual
• Circumstantial, biological, class
• Circumstantial, biological, individual
• Direct, biological, individual