Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Chain of Custody

Answer 1

The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence.

Question 2

Circumstantial Evidence

Answer 2

(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly.

Question 3

Class Evidence

Answer 3

Material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group.

Question 4

Crime-Scene Investigation

Answer 4

A multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime.

Question 5

Crime-Scene Reconstruction

Answer 5

A hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission.

Question 6

Direct Evidence

Answer 6

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

Question 7

First Responder

Answer 7

The first police officer to arrive at a crime scene.

Question 8

Individual Evidence

Answer 8

A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing.

Question 9

Paper Bindle

Answer 9

A folded paper used to hold trace evidence.

Question 10

Primary Crime Scene

Answer 10

The location where the crime took place.

Question 11

Secondary Crime Scene

Answer 11

A location other than the primary crime scene, but that is in some way related to the crime, where evidence is found.

Question 12

Trace Evidence

Answer 12

Small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene.