Types of Evidence & Crime Scenes

material that connects an individual or thing to a group that share similar characteristics

• trace evidence
• individual evidence
• class evidence

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

material that can be related to a single source

• individual evidence
• control evidence
• trace evidence

The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called

• chain of command
• record of evidence
• chain of custody

Which factor(s) affects the amount of evidence transferred during a crime

• intensity

• nature

• duration

• intensity, nature, duration

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

• circumstantial
• direct
• class evidence
• trace evidence

"With contact between two items, there will be an exchange." This is known as _____

• physical evdience
• Locard's exchange principle
• Forensic exchange principle
• the law of forensics 

Correctly describe the evidence item:   Shoe print

• direct
• circumstantial

It is important to separate witnesses at a crime scene in order to 

• prevent contamination of evidence
• prevent them from talking and forming a collusion
• prevent them from leaving the scene

Crime scene sketches provide _____________ not present in photographs, video evidence, etc.

• Positioning of evidence

• Condition of evidence

• Close-ups and details

• Distances and dimensions

Typically, rough sketches are NOT which of the following?

• Drawn with pencil

• Drawn to scale

• Drawn at the crime scene

• Drawn after photos are taken