Introduction to Forensic Science

the place where an offense has been committed and forensic evidence is gathered

• crime scene

• play scene

• school

• laboratory

The defence by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offence was committed.

• suspect

• alibi

• specialists

• physical evidence

Microscopic identification and comparison of evidence, such as hairs, fibres,

woods, soils, building materials, insulation and other materials.

• specialists

• detectives

• crime scene

• microscopy

oral or written assertion offered in a court as proof of the truth of what is being stated

• Physical Evidence

• Testimonial Evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• crime scene

a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate

• Motive

• suspect

• Accomplice

• examiner

Examines marks left by tools on objects at a crime scene or on a victim, such

as a hammer used to break a door or a screwdriver used to pick a lock.

• detectives

• specialists

• microscopy

• tool marks

any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.

• witness

• police officer

• forensic expert

• alibi

something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing,

• incentive.

• motive

• game

• all of the above