Processing The Crime Scene Forensics

Question 1

Circumstantial Evidence

Answer 1

Indirect evidence; evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly

Question 2

Class Evidence

Answer 2

Material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group

Question 3

Crime Scene Investigation

Answer 3

A multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve crimes

Question 4

Crime Scene Reconstruction

Answer 4

A hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was commuted through its commission

Question 5

Direct Evidence

Answer 5

Evidence that proves an alleged fact, such as an eyewitness account of a crime

Question 6

First Responder

Answer 6

The first police officer to arrive at a crime scene

Question 7

Individual Evidence

Answer 7

A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing

Question 8

Paper Bindle

Answer 8

A folded paper used to hold trace evidence

Question 9

Primary crime scene

Answer 9

The location where the crime took place

Question 10

Secondary Crime Scene

Answer 10

A location other than the primary crime scene, but is some way related to the crime, where evidence is found

Question 11

Trace Evidence

Answer 11

Small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene

Question 12

Chain Custody

Answer 12

The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence