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FSC100 - Chapters 1-6: Questions & Complete Answers
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FSC100 - Chapters 1-6: Questions & Complete AnswersForensic Method Right Ans - Systematic approach to documenting,
collecting, interpreting and presenting evidence for presenting in the court of
law
Criminal Law Right Ans - To punish the wrongdoer
Civil Law Right Ans - Compelling compensation or restitution
What is the purpose of a crime scene investigation? Right Ans - To
determine whether a crime has been committed or not
Locard's Principal Right Ans - Every contact leaves trace by leaving
something behind, taking something away or both
Locard's dust/ exchange principle Right Ans - When 2 objects come into
contact, there is always transference from one to the other
The CSI effect Right Ans - Combination of effects that might appear to
contradict each other; all related to unreasonable expectations created by
dramatizations ('infotainment")
L.O.S.E.R Right Ans - Listen, Observe, Search, Evaluate, Record
Evidence Right Ans - Anything that can give/ substantiate info in a legal
investigation
Testimonial Evidence Right Ans - Evidence can be abstract, derived from
an individuals witness
Indirect Witness Right Ans - Did not witness a crime/ may not be aware
that a crime has occurred
Direct Witness Right Ans - People who witnessed a crime/ are the victims
of a crime
Associative Right Ans - Any evidence that places an individual at a scene or
with a victim
, Class Right Ans - Evidence requires classification into more narrow range
Latent Right Ans - Evidence that is NOT visible without use of chemical,
photographic/electronic development or enhancement
Trace Right Ans - Evidence that has to be extracted from another substance
and is in very small amounts, often invisible to the naked eye
Indicative Right Ans - Evidence that substantiates/proves a certain period
of time has elapsed
Circumstantial Right Ans - Facts, observations, activities from which the
culpability of an individual may be inferred
Expert witnesses Right Ans -
Fruit of the poisonous tree Right Ans - The 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 Right Ans - "The body of the crime''; refers to the
establishment of proof through evidence that a crime has been committed
against something or someone
Attavists Right Ans - Insisted that criminals were BORN to commit crimes
due to biological deviance
Positivists Right Ans - Claimed that crime was the product of social causes
Recidivism Right Ans - Repeating crimes
Coroner Right Ans - Elected 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
What does a coroner do? Right Ans - Answer the main questions: Name of
deceased, place of death, time of death, cause of death and manner of death
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