Crime Scene Basics

Question 1

forensics

Answer 1

application of science to the criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system

Question 2

criminalistic

Answer 2

analyzes, compares, identifies, interprets physical evidence (police officers)

Question 3

engineering science

Answer 3

applies principles of engineering to resolve legal issues, mostly civil law

Question 4

general

Answer 4

composed of smaller groups of specialists that are new emerging into forensics

Question 5

jurisprudence

Answer 5

examines law for admissability of evidence

Question 6

odontology

Answer 6

applies principles of dental science to law

Question 7

pathology/biology

Answer 7

applies principles of disease and medicine to law

Question 8

physical anthropology

Answer 8

studies human skeletal biology

Question 9

psychiatry

Answer 9

deals with issues of human behavior and mental illness as they relate to law

Question 10

questioned documents

Answer 10

analyzes documents and related materials like ink, paper, etc

Question 11

toxicology

Answer 11

studies the effects of drugs and chemicals on the human body

Question 12

crime scene

Answer 12

any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occured

Question 13

primary

Answer 13

original location of a crime or accident

Question 14

secondary

Answer 14

alternate location where additional evidence may be found

Question 15

suspect

Answer 15

person thought to be capable of committing a crime

Question 16

accomplice

Answer 16

second person associated with committing a crime

Question 17

alii

Answer 17

statement of where a suspect was at the time of a crime

Question 18

evidence

Answer 18

anything that tends to establish or disprove a fact

Question 19

testimonial

Answer 19

evidence would be any witnessed accounts of an incident or crime

Question 20

physical

Answer 20

evidence would refer to any material items that are present at the crime scene or on the victims

Question 21

trace

Answer 21

evidence refers evidence that is found at a crime scene in small but measurable amounts