Ch. 2: Crime-Scene Investigation and Evidence Collection Flashcards
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
Chain of custody
Evidence used to imply a fact but not support it directly
Circumstantial evidence (indirect evidence)
Material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group
Class evidence
A multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime
Crime-scene investigation
A hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission
Crime-scene reconstruction
A permanent, fixed point of reference used in mapping a crime scene
Datum point
Evidence that (if authentic) supports an alleged fact of a case
Direct evidence
The first safety official to arrive at a crime scene
First responder
A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing
Individual evidence
A folded paper used to hold trace evidence
Paper bindle
The location where the crime took place
Primary crime scene
A location other than the primary crime scene, but that is related to the crime; where evidence is found
Secondary crime scene
Small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene
Trace evidence
A mathematical method of estimating positions of objects at a location such as a crime scene, given locations of stationary objects
Triangulation
