1.6 Ethics

What do we call the moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity?

• The law

• Ethics

• Morals

• Expectations

These govern whether, when, how, and for what purpose proof of a case may be placed before a court for consideration

• Rules of Evidence

• Chain of Custody

• Physical Evidence

• Legal Responsibilities

This term refers to the chronological documentation or paper trail, analysis, and disposition of physical and electronic evidence

• Rules of Evidence

• Chain of Custody

• Physical Evidence

• Legal Responsibilities

What is any object that can establish that a crime has been committed, or can link a crime and its victim or perpetrator?

• Physical Evidence

• Circumstantial Evidence

• Testimony

• Interpretation

If your chain of custody is broken:

• Your case is not impacted.

• Your evidence is under doubt, but can still be used.

• Your suspect is free to go

• That evidence is now unusable in a court of law

Which is a legal responsibility in forensics?

• To create new procedures regarding evidence

• To form your own personal opinion

• Maintain impartiality

• Disregard evidence you feel is irrelevant

What is the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court

• Evidence

• Expert Witness

• Testimony

• Examination

When a forensic scientist provides information in a criminal trial, the facts he or she presents are based on:

• Eyewitness accounts.
• Educated guesses.
• Circumstantial evidence.
• Scientific investigation.

Sharing gossip about your supervisor getting divorced is...

• Unethical and unprofessional

• Unethical, but not unprofessional

• Unprofessional, but not unethical

• Not unprofessional or unethical

Leaving a blood sample from a crime scene out on the workbench for the weekend unattended is...

• Unprofessional and unethical

• Unprofessional, but not unethical

• Unethical, but not unprofessional

• Neither unethical nor unprofessional