Types of Evidence

An eyewitness to a crime provides this type of evidence.

• DNA

• Fiber

• Circumstantial

• Direct

Hair, fingerprints, and powders would be examples of

• trace evidence

• direct evidence

• first hand evidence

What type of evidence is a fingerprint?

• Direct Evidence

• Class Evidence

• Individual Evidence

• Circumstantial Evidence

Match the following definitions to the vocab term

• Can be matched to 1 person or object

• Direct Evidence

• Matches multiple people or objects

• Individual Evidence

• Evidence from a living source

• Biological Evidence

• First-hand documenting of the crime

• Class Evidence

• Implies guilt, includes all forensics

• Circumstantial Evidence

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Establishes a fact unless other contradictory evidence is presented

• Probative evidence

• Prima facie evidence

• presumptive evidence

• Known standard

• Foundational evidence

Is offered to contradict or disprove evidence presented by the other side.

• Demonstrative evidence

• Rebuttal evidence

• Documentary evidence

• Direct evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

Which type of evidence is used to establish a direct link between a suspect and a crime scene?

• Circumstantial Evidence

• Direct Evidence

• Class Evidence

• Trace Evidence

What type of evidence includes hair, fibers, and glass fragments?

• Biological Evidence

• Trace Evidence

• Direct Evidence

• Class Evidence

Which type of evidence is considered the most reliable in forensic science?

• Eyewitness Testimony

• Circumstantial Evidence

• DNA Evidence

• Class Evidence

In a scientific experiment, which type of evidence is gathered through observation and measurement?

• Anecdotal Evidence

• Empirical Evidence

• Circumstantial Evidence

• Direct Evidence

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