CSI Vocabulary Quiz

secondary crime scene

• a location other than the primary crime scene, but that is in some way related to the crime, where evidence is found

• the location where the crime took place

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

• a multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime

crime-scene reconstruction

• a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission

• a multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime

• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime

• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence

chain of custody

• he location where the crime took place

• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime

• material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group (see individual evidence)

• the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence

crime-scene investigation

• a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission

• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime

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

• a multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime

primary crime scene

• a location other than the primary crime scene, but that is in some way related to the crime, where evidence is found

• the location where the crime took place

• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene

• a multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime

paper bindle

• a hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission

• material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group

• a folded paper used to hold trace evidence

• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene

first responder

• the location where the crime took place

• a folded paper used to hold trace evidence

• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene

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

circumstantial evidence

• the first police officer to arrive at a crime scene

• a folded paper used to hold trace evidence

• a location other than the primary crime scene, but that is in some way related to the crime, where evidence is found

• evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly

individual evidence

• a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing

• material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group

• evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly

• evidence that (if true) proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime

class evidence

• material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group

• a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing

• the location where the crime took place

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