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