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The ability to identify a concept or problem, use organization skills and establish a criteria for evaluation

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Analytical Skills

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Documented and unbroken transfer of evidence

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Chain of Custody

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Evidence used to imply a fact but not supporting it directly

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Circumstantial evidence

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Material that connect an individual or thing to a certain group

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Class evidence

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Multidisciplinary approach in which professionals come together to solve a crime

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Crime Scene investigation

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Permanent, fixed point of reference used in mapping a crime scene

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Datum point

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Deriving a conclusion from there facts using a series of logical steps

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Deductive reasioning

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Evidence that supports an alleged fact or cause

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Direct Evidence

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A person who seen seen someone or something related to a crime

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Eye witness

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A statement or information that can be verified

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Fact

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The first safety official to arrive at a crime scene

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First responders

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Relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions

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Forensics

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A kid of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing

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Individual evidence

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Reasoned from facts

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Logical

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Personal belief founded on judgement

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Opinion

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What a person perceives using their senses

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Observation

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a folded paper used to hold trace evident

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Paper Bindle

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Information received from the senses

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Perception

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The location where the crime took place

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Primary Crime Scene

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Location other than the primary crime scene, but is related to where evidence is found

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Secondary Crime Scene

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Small but measurable amounts of evidence found at the crime scene

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Trace Evidence

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A mathematical method of estimation location of objects

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Traingulation

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