Chapter 1 Review

A fact is a statement or information that can be verified.

• true

• false

What we perceive about persons depends, in part, on their mannerisms and gestures.

• true

• false

Through our senses of sight, taste, hearing, smell, and touch, we gather information every single moment about what is around us.

• true

• false

Our emotional state influences our ability to see and hear what is happening around us.

• true

• false

The first task of forensic scientists is to find, examine, and evaluate evidence from a crime scene.

• true

• false

One of the most important tools of the forensic investigator is the ability to:

• report assumptions clearly

• observe assumptions clearly

• observe, interpret & report observations clearly

• none of these

Perception:

• is not always accurate

• does not always reflect reality

• is faulty

• all of these

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Criminal investigations depend on the observation skills of all involved.  Those involved include:

• witnesses

• police investigators

• forensic scientists

• all of these

The Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law was created by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld in 1992.  Its purpose was to reexamine post-conviction cases (individuals convicted and in prison) using:

• DNA evidence to provide conclusive proof of innocence

• eyewitness accounts to provide conclusive proof of innocence

• circumstantial evidence to provide conclusive proof of innocence

• DNA evidence to provide conclusive proof of guilt

Forensic derives from the Latin word, forensis, which means:

• of the day

• of the forum

• of the consensus

• of the month