Evidence Flashcards

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What’s physical evidence

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Materials or objects relevant in a crime known as indirect evidence
Hair fingerprints and blood

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What’s testimonial evidence

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Statement made under an oath direct evidence
Eye witness accounts

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Individual evidence

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Material related to a single source

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Class evidence

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Material associated with a group or items

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Transient evidence

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Temporary easily changes and observed by first officer on scene
Footprints and coffee

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Pattern

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Produced by direct contact between a person and object

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Conditional

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Produced by an event or action
Smoke fire

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Transfer

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Contact between person(s) or object(s)

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Associative

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Something that may associate a victim or suspect with a scene or eachother
Personal belongings

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Trace

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Physical evidence found in small measurable amounts of

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Biological

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Anything to do with a living organism
Blood hair bacteria

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid carries genetic information of an organism
Adenine goes with thymine
Cytosine with guanine

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Fingerprints

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Arches loop and whorl used to identify suspect or victim

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Blood pattern

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Texture affects pattern

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