Forensics Week 09

Question 1

What is evidence

Answer 1

evidence is any material which tends to persuade the court of the truth or probability of some fact asserted before

Question 2

What are the three main types of evidence in queensland

Answer 2

Testimony
Documents
Real Evidence

Question 3

What is a testimony

Answer 3

A witness sworn assertions of fact or opinion to the court in person on affidant

Question 4

What is an affidant

Answer 4

a person who records witness statements, witness must be available for cross examination

Question 5

Can document copies be used as evidence

Answer 5

They can as long as it can be proved that they are copies of the original

Question 6

What is real evidence

Answer 6

Usually physical objects made relevant by oral testimony. Photographs of evidence are admissable

Question 7

What is direct evidence

Answer 7

the evidence can be understood without furthe rinformation

Question 8

What is circumstantial evidence

Answer 8

the evidence on its own does not allow guilt or innocence to be assessed

Question 9

What is hersey

Answer 9

statements that are not directly attested to by the witness

Question 10

What are the many forms of forensic archaeological evidence

Answer 10

written notes
photographs
the expert report
collected physical evidence
testimony

Question 11

What is trace evidence

Answer 11

Very small physical evidence which usually requires a microscope or other instrument for analysis

Question 12

What are the three main sources of trace evidence

Answer 12

Victim
Criminal
Crime scene

Question 13

What is direct transfer

Answer 13

trace evidence transferred by an object touching the source of that evidence

Question 14

What is indirect transfer

Answer 14

an object carrying trace evidence from another source comes into contact with a surface and transfers the trace evidence onto it.

Question 15

Where can diatoms be found

Answer 15

In the lungs of drowning victims

Question 16

What are natural fibres

Answer 16

Wool
silk
cotton
asbetos

Question 17

What are manufactured fibers

Answer 17

nylon
carbon fibre
glass
metal

Question 18

How is glass assessed

Answer 18

chemical composition and physical properties

Question 19

Can drugs be quick tested

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

What are the three branches of entomology

Answer 20

medico-legal
stored product pests
urban forensic entomology

Question 21

Explain medico-legal entomology

Answer 21

carrion feeding insects that typically infest human remains. criminal cases of insect infestation of the living due to neglect

Question 22

Explain stored product pests

Answer 22

Commonly food in food stuffs like food contamination

Question 23

Explain urban entomology

Answer 23

insects that affect people and their immediate environment. May feed on both the living and the dead

Question 24

how do you estimate time since death using insects

Answer 24

1) individual insect development cycles

2) insect species succession

Question 25

Do flies come at night

Answer 25

no

Question 26

When do the first fly larva emerge

Answer 26

after 8 hours

Question 27

How long until the larva turn into adults

Answer 27

6-12 days

Question 28

What conditions don’t beetles like

Answer 28

Alkaline

Question 29

Where do flies intially target

Answer 29

Eyes, nose and mouth

Question 30

LAck of insect activity could indicate what

Answer 30

tampering with the scene

Question 31

What do early beetles feed on

Answer 31

The fly larva

Question 32

What do late beetles feed on

Answer 32

Dried skin, tendon and bones

Question 33

10 days @ 30 degrees equals what

Answer 33

300 ADD (Accumulated degree days)

Question 34

What is the role of the expert witness report

Answer 34

provides a hard copy, accessible version of the expert’s conclusions, may avoid the need for an inperson testimony

Question 35

What are the requirements for the expert witness report

Answer 35

The report must be signed
The report must include
the experts qualifications
All material facts on which report is based
References to any literature replied