Intro to Forensics

Intro to Forensics

by Charmaine Bridges

Multiple Choice

What does the word forensics mean?

• Latin for of the forum

• Latin for laws and crimes

• criminalistics

Multiple Choice

What does Locard's Exhchange Principle state?

• every crime will be solved

• all physical evidence provides information

• every contact leaves trace evidence

• crimes cannot be solved without phyiscal evidence

Multiple Choice

Common Law is..

• an Act

• Law made by judge decisions

• Law made by Parliament

Multiple Choice

what is civil law

• Civil law is a body of rules that defines and protects the private rights of citizens, offers legal remedies that may be sought in a dispute

• civil law involves disputes between individuals rather than the community as a whole over an action that results in loss or harm

Multiple Choice

A punishable offense against society is called a

• Civil

• Criminal

• Crime

• Felony

Multiple Choice

A crime punishable by imprisonment for more than a year in a state prison or federal prison or by a fine of more than $1,000, or both, or death is a(n)

• Criminal Act

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

• White Collar Crime

Multiple Choice

A crime punishable by imprisonment in a county or city jail for one year or less, a fine of $1,000 or less or both is called a(n)

• Felony

• Arbitrary Crime

• Misdemeanor

• Bribery

Multiple Choice

The _____________has the responsibility to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt

• Judge

• Jury

• Prosecutor

• Defendant