Definitionen Flashcards
crime scene
any location, such as buildings, garden or filed, or person (whether alive or dead) that is to be searched for physical (or digital) evidence
profiling
activity of collecting information about someone, especially criminal, in order to give a discription of them
Locard’s exchange principle
with contact between to items, there will be an exchange
physical evidence
actual evidence, that can be touched and picked up, that is relevant to the case
trace evidence
created when objects make contact or interred with something else
gun-shot residues, paint residues, chemicals, glass and illicit drugs
contact evidence
demonstrates wether and how two subjects, objects or locations were at one time associated with each other
presumtive test’s
qualitative analysis that allows to identify or confirm the presence of a substance in a sample
forensic science
any science that is used in the service of the justice system
anti-social-behavior
behavior by a person, which causes harassment , alarm or distress to persons not of the same household
misdemeanour
a crime considered to be one of the less serious types of crime
felony
serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in prison
assault
the crime of trying or threatening o hurt someone physically
arson
the crime of setting fire to something
bribery
the crime of giving someone money or something else of value, often illegally, to persuade that person to something you want (mostly illegal)
burglary
the crime of illegally entering a building and stealing things
cybercrime
illegal activity that is done using the internet
forgery
something that is falsely made or copied in order to deceive people
hijacking
to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle using violence
homicide
an act of murder
larceny
the act of stealing something of high value without entering a building
manslaughter
the crime of killing a person without intending to
money laundering
the crime of moving money that has been obtained illegally through banks and other buisnesses to make it seem as if the money has been obtained legally
mugging
the act of attacking and robbing someone in the streets to steal their money
rape
to force someone to have sex when they are unwilling, using violence or threatening behavior
shoplifting
to steal things from a shop or store
slander
to make a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone
smuggling
to move (someone/something) from one country into another illegally and secretly
speeding
driving faster than allowed
tax fraud
criminal attempt to evade the imposition or payment of a tax
vandalism
the crime of intentionally damaging other’s people property
to tamper
touch or change something without permission
to contaminate
to make something less pure or to make it poisonous
to deteriorate
to become worse
to mislable
to put information that is not correct on something
body fluids
blood, semen salvia and vomit
saliva
liquid produced in your mouth to keep the mouth wet and to help prepare food to be digested
dripping, spotting, splashing blood pattern
wet blood from a wound
spatter blood patern
wet blood split up by force
smears, swipes wipes blood patern
through contact with wet blood on something
collecting ways of DNA
swopping
cutting bits of material out
hunting riffle
has a hand-operated lever or slide to eject the cartridge after firing and load a fresh one into the chambre
shotgun
fires a handful small pellets that spread, rather than a single bullet
reduces the need to aim
semiautomatic gun
quicker to fire and load than a revolver:
quick-change magazine in the grip holds to 30 cartridges
revolver
pulling the trigger turns the cylinder, positioning a cartridge before the barrel, then cocks and finally releases the hammer
submachine gun
can switch between automatic and semi-automatic fire
rifles use larger ammo
explosion
the violent effect produced by the rapid build-up of gas pressure at a location because of the sudden liberation of energy and, inmost cases, gas at that location