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FSC100 Midterm2024 exam(204
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solutions)
Evidence - answer Anything that can give or
substantiate information in a legal
investigation.
Forensics - answer Any research aimed at
the analysis and investigation of evidence for
a legal investigative process.
Forensic Method - answer Systematic
approach in documenting, collecting,
interpreting, and presenting evidence for
presentation in a court of law.
,Forensic Science - answer Broad field of
study that incorporates different methods of
forensics.
Purposes of evidence in investigations -
answer 1) Provide clear direction during
investigation (leads).
2) Creates credibility.
3) Certain types of evidence can bring with it
a testimony of an expert witness.
Direct Witness - answer Saw the crime occur
or was the victim of the crime.
Indirect Witness - answer Did not see the
crime occur or unaware the crime even
happened.
Physical Evidence - answer Evidence that
can be seen,touched, extracted and
exhibited.
,Associative - answer Associates individual to
a scene or with a victim.
Class - answer Requires classification into a
narrower range.
Electronic - answer Data or information
extracted from an electronic.
Latent - answer Not visible without the use
of chemical, photography or electronic
development/enhancement.
Trace - answer Extracted from another
substance in tiny amounts (often not visible
to naked eye).
Indicative - answer Substantiates or proves
a certain period of time has elapsed.
Circumstantial - answer Facts, observations,
activities from which the culpability of an
individual may be inferred.
, Expert Witnesses - answer Specialists who
process physical evidence for a legal
investigation.
Warrant - answer A document from the court
signed by a judge or magistrate that outlines
specifically what offense has been
committed, the place being searched and the
people/things to be seized.
Plain View Doctrine - answer Items in plain
view relating to other criminal activity can
also be seized.
Legislations that (may) override a judge's
warrant - answer 1) Coroners Act
2) Coroner's Warrant
Maintaining the Chain of Custody - answer
Process of safeguarding physical evidence.
Chain of Custody Questions - answer 1)
Where it was located
2) Who initially seized it
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