Forensics Ch. 2 Review

The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• class evidence

• individual evidence

• chain of custody

Circumstantial evidence is also known as ...

• direct evidence

• indirect evidence

• individual evidence

• datum point

Evidence used to imply a fact but not support it directly is called...

• direct evidence

• trace evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• individual evidence

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group such as an ABO blood type is called...

• class evidence

• individual evidence

• direct evidence

• circumstantial evidence

Evidence that identifies a particular person or thing, such as DNA or fingerprint is known as ...

• class evidence

• direct evidence

• individual evidence

• circumstantial evidence

A multi-disciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime

• first responder

• crime scene reconstruction

• deductive reasoning

• crime scene investigation

A hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission.

• first responder

• deductive reasoning

• crime scene reconstruction

• crime scene investigation

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

• paper bindle

• subdatum point

• datum point

• primary crime scene

Evidence, that if authentic, supports the facts of the case

• direct evidence

• indirect evidence

• circumstantial evidence

• secondary crime scene

The first safety official to arrive at a crime scene

• crime scene investigator

• suspect

• first responder

• medical examiner