Ch 2 Vocab Review

A mathematical method of estimating positions of objects at a location such as a crime scene, given locations of stationary objects

• triangulation

• circulation

• quadrant

• linear

small but measurable amount of physical or biological material found at a crime scene

• trace evidence

• individual evidence

• direct evidence

• class evidence

a location other than the primary crime scene, but that is related to the crime

• primary crime scene

• secondary crime scene

The location where the crime took place

• primary crime scene

• secondary crime scene

a folded paper used to hold trace evidence

• paper clip

• paper tissue

• ziplock bag

• paper bindle

a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing. Example: DNA and fingerprints

• class evidence

• direct evidence

• individual evidence

• trace evidence

The first safety official to arrive at a crime scene is called...

• first responder

• second responder

• third responder

• last responder

Evidence that (if authentic) supports an alleged fact of a case

• direct evidence

• trace evidence

• individual evidence

• class evidence

A permanent, fixed point of reference used in mapping a crime scene

• direct evidence

• datum point

• triangulation

• linear

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