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Stack #4701609
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forensic | Relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions |
| Deductive reasoning | Deriving a conclusion from the facts using a series of logical steps |
| Perception | Information received from the senses |
| Fact | A statement or peace of information that can be verified |
| Analytical skills | The ability to identify a concept or a problem ,to isolate the component parts, to organize information for decision making,to establish criteria for evaluation, and to draw appropriate conclusions |
| Eyewitness | A person who has seen someone or something related to a crime and can communicate his or her observations |
| Opinion | Personal belief founded on Judgment rather than the direct experience or knowledge |
| Chain of custody | The documented in unbroken transfer of evidence |
| Circumstantial evidence | (Indirect evidence ) evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly such as fingerprints |
| class evidence | Material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group |
| Crime scene investigation | A multi-disciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime |
| Crime scene reconstruction | A hypothesis of the sequence of events from before the crime was committed through its commission |
| datum point | A permanent fixed point of reference used in mapping a crime scene |
| Direct evidence | Evidence that if true proves an alleged fact such as an eyewitness account of a crime |
| First Responder | The first safety official to arrive at a crime scene |
| Individual evidence | A kind of evidence that identifies one particular person or thing |
| Locards principle of exchange | When a person comes in contact with an object or another person across transfer of physical material can occur |
| Paper bindle | A folded paper used to hold Trace evidence |
| Primary crime scene | The location where the crime took place |
| Secondary crime scene | An alternate location where additional evidence may be found |
| Trace evidence | Small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene |
| Triangulation | A mathematical method of estimating positions of objects at a location such as a crime scene, given locations of stationary objects |
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