Forensic Method - ANSWERSystematic approach to documenting, collecting, interpreting and presenting evidence for presenting in the court of law
Criminal Law - ANSWERTo punish the wrongdoer
Civil Law - ANSWERCompelling compensation or restitution
What is the purpose of a crime scene investi...
Forensic Method - ANSWERSystematic approach to documenting, collecting, interpreting and
presenting evidence for presenting in the court of law
Criminal Law - ANSWERTo punish the wrongdoer
Civil Law - ANSWERCompelling compensation or restitution
What is the purpose of a crime scene investigation? - ANSWERTo determine whether a crime has
been committed or not
Locard's Principal - ANSWEREvery contact leaves trace by leaving something behind, taking
something away or both
Locard's dust/ exchange principle - ANSWERWhen 2 objects come into contact, there is always
transference from one to the other
Testimonial Evidence - ANSWEREvidence can be abstract, derived from an individuals witness
Indirect Witness - ANSWERDid not witness a crime/ may not be aware that a crime has occurred
Direct Witness - ANSWERPeople who witnessed a crime/ are the victims of a crime
Associative - ANSWERAny evidence that places an individual at a scene or with a victim
Class - ANSWEREvidence requires classification into more narrow range
The CSI effect - ANSWERCombination of effects that might appear to contradict each other; all
related to unreasonable expectations created by dramatizations ('infotainment")
, L.O.S.E.R - ANSWERListen, Observe, Search, Evaluate, Record
Evidence - ANSWERAnything that can give/ substantiate info in a legal investigation
Latent - ANSWEREvidence that is NOT visible without use of chemical, photographic/electronic
development or enhancement
Expert witnesses - ANSWER
Fruit of the poisonous tree - ANSWERThe poisonous tree is the tainted evidence and any fruit
(evidence) that grows from it will also be tainted; cross contamination is based on what was not
done
Corpus Delicti - ANSWER"The body of the crime''; refers to the establishment of proof through
evidence that a crime has been committed against something or someone
Attavists - ANSWERInsisted that criminals were BORN to commit crimes due to biological deviance
Positivists - ANSWERClaimed that crime was the product of social causes
Recidivism - ANSWERRepeating crimes
Trace - ANSWEREvidence that has to be extracted from another substance and is in very small
amounts, often invisible to the naked eye
Indicative - ANSWEREvidence that substantiates/proves a certain period of time has elapsed
Circumstantial - ANSWERFacts, observations, activities from which the culpability of an individual
may be inferred
Coroner - ANSWERElected of appointed official involved in the investigation of the
sudden/unattended death of any citizen and whenever there is suspicion that the death occurred by
the action of another/ others
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