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Intro to forensics Flashcards

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Eyewitness

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A person who has seen someone or something and can communicate those facts

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Analytical skills

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The ability to identify a concept or problem

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Forensic

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The application of scientific knowledge to legal questions

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Observation

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What a person perceives using his or her senses

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Perception

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Interpreting information received from the senses

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Deductive Reasoning

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Deriving the consequences from the facts by using a series of logical steps

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Deriving

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Reasoning

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Fact

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A statement or assertion of information that can be verified

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Logical

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Conclusions drawn from assumptions and known facts

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Opinion

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Personal belief founded on judgement rather then on direct experience or knowledge

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Rule of Admissibility of Evidence

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If the evidence can be used in court or not

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Chain of Custody

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A list of all people who came into contact with an item of evidence

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Class Characteristics

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Properties of evidence that can be associated only with a group and never a single source

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Frye standard

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Rule of admissibility of evidence, procedure and equipment presented at trial must be generally accepted by the scientific community

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Individual Characteristics

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Properties of evidence that can be attributed to a common source with an extremely high degree of credibility

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Locards exchange principle

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when 2 objects come into contact with one another a cross transfer of material occurs

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Cross transferring

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Where you transfer materials between objects

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Physical Evidence

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Any object that can establish a crime has been committed or can link a suspect to a victim or a crime scene

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Reference sample

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A sample from a known source used for comparison, also known as exemplar

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Scientific method

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A series of logical steps to ensure careful and systematic collection, identification, organization and analysis of information

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Soil examination (1 word definition)

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Dirt

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Ballistics (1 word definition)

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Bullets

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Document Examination (1 word definition)

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Documents

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DNA Analysis (example hint S and U)

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Saliva and urine

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Toxicology (1 word definition)

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Poison

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Latent fingerprinting (1 word definition)

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Fingerprinting

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Glass analysis (1 word definition)

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Glass

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Hair and Fiber (2 word definition)

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Hair and clothing

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Blood Spatter (1 word definition)

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Serology (1 word definition)

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Entomology (1 word definition)

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Casts and Impressions (1 word definition)

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Impressions

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Odontology (1 word definition)

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Cyber Crimes (1 word definition)

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Arson (1 word definition)

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Pathology (1 word definition)

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Mathieu Orfila

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Father of toxicology

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Alphonse Bertillon

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Invented a body measurement system

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Invented Sherlock Holmes

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Hans Gross

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Criminalistics

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Francis Galton

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Realized finger printing could be used

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Sir Edward Richard Henry

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Classified finger printing

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Karl Landsteiner

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Came up with different blood types

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FBI

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Largest forensic science lab in the world

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Edmond Locard

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Principle which has to do with cross transferring

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Albert Osborne

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Wrote Questions document

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Leone Lattes

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He typed blood for DRY stains

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Calvin Goddard

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Ballistics and comparison microscope

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Frye v U.S.

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Frye Standard

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Rosalind Franklin

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CAME UP with the structure of DNA

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Watson and Crick

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BUILT the DNA structure

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Alec Jeffreys

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DNA fingerprinting

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Daubert v Merrell Dow

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Trial judge ended up having the power to decide if expert testimony was admissible

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What is the major difference between a field forensic scientist and a crime lab forensic scientist

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Field scientist secures the crime scene

Crime forensic scientist receives or signs for evidence

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Discovery ( the discovery in the trial process)

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Both sides has to share their information

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What are the 4 pretrial steps? (SADP)

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Suspect arrested
Arraignment
Discovery
Preliminary hearing

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What other route can the trial process go when it gets to discovery (PCS)

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Plea deal offer accepted
Conviction
Sentencing

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Post trial process (JACAS)

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Jury deliberation 
Acquittal 
Conviction 
Appeals Process 
Sentencing
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In what year was the US constitution signed

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Which amendment provides the right to trial by a jury of peers for criminal case?

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6th amendment

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Which amendment protects people against unreasonable search and seizure of their person and property?

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4th Amendment

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When will a judge issue a search warrant or arrest warrant?

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Probable cause

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What 3 things allow law enforcement to search or make an arrest without a warrant?

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  • person gives consent
  • immediate danger
  • immediate risk of evidence being destroyed
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Arraignment

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Pretrial conference between the prosecution and defense

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In what type of cases is bail usually not offered

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Capital murder

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During what phase is a plea deal offered?

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What does reaching a unanimous verdict mean?

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Everyone agrees on the verdict

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When does the appeals process take place

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After conviction

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What type of evidence can be used?

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No new evidence can be used, same evidence as the last trial

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