Forensics CSI review

Any material items that are present at the crime scene

• evidence
• accomplice
• detectives
• police officers

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

• Deductive Reasoning
• Observation
• Analytical Skills
• Innocence Project

Information gathered with his or her senses

• Fact

• Opinion

• Observation

• Perception

A good observer should...

• interpret immediately
• let another person document
• jump to conclusions
• turn off filters

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a forensic investigator is only interested in...

• proving guilt or innocence
• solving the crime
• testifying in court
• collecting/examining evidence

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

A good observer should...

• observe quickly

• leave documentation to someone else

• jump to conclusions

• observe systematically

Who is this?

• Crime Scene Technician
• Detective
• Medical Examiner
• Lab technician

Which of the following best describes why eye witnesses are unreliable?

• Eye witnesses lie because they often don't trust the police
• The brain remembers things accurately but often leaves large gaps
• Eye witnesses are often involved in the crime themselves
• The brain can remember details and things that did not happen

Many wrongful convictions are the result of faulty eye witness testimony?

• True
• False

Which forensic specialty uses the skeleton to determine the age, sex, and race of an individual?

• Forensic Odontologist
• Forensic Anthropologist
• Forensic Toxicologist
• Questioned Document Analysist