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| biological evidence[image] |
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| Samples of material such as hair, tissue, bones, teeth, blood, semen, or other bodily fluids to identify DNA. |
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| Documentation illustrating the evidence and all individuals of the investigation that took part in collecting the samples. |
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circumstantial evidence
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| Any evidence that requires some reasoning or inference in order to prove a fact. |
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crime scene search pattern
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| Technique when processing a crime scene such strip, grid, spiral, line/lane, zone/quadrant, and wheel/pie. |
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crime scene tools
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| Crime scene investigators are called to the scene of a crime to collect evidence they hope will help detectives solve the crime and identify the criminal. |
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| Different crimes that can be committed. Examples Kidnapping,murder, etc |
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crime contamination
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| The introduction of something to a scene that was not previously there. This means trace materials are added to a crime scene after the crime is committed. |
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| Supports the truth of an assertion directly, without an intervening inference. Circumstantial evidence, by contrast, consists of a fact or set of facts which, if proven, will support the creation of an inference that the matter asserted is true. |
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| Criminologist, the pioneer in forensic science who formulated the basic principle of forensic science |
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| Collected at a crime scene or from a person, analyzed in a crime laboratory and then the results presented in court. |
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| Investigators collect evidence such as fingerprints, footprints, tire tracks, blood and other body fluids, hairs, fibers and fire debris. |
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| Designed to preserve the probative value of evidence |
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| Information such as the evidence name, case #, marker #, date, evidence collector name, crime scene, and location |
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forensic science careers
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| Medical Examiner, Forensic Engineer, Crime Scene Cleaner, Forensic Accountant, Crime Scene Investigator, Crime Laboratory Analyst, Forensic Science Technician Salary, Forensic Archaeologists Salary, Forensic Psychologists Salary |
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physical evidence
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| Objects found at the scene of a crime — fingerprints, footprints, handprints, tire marks, cut marks, tools, tool marks, glass, fiber, hair |
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| Used to determine the presence of substance such as blood, drugs, bodily fluids, and to eliminate species differentiation. |
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| Patent prints, plastic prints, latent prints |
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procedure of evidence collection
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| Communicate with on the scene, view the scene, establish security, plan, survey, document scene, conduct second review, record & preserve evidence refer to victims |
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| Sketch that illustrates evidence, surrounding items, directional location, information labels, descriptive key, and measurements used to show the layout of the crime scene. |
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| Items that may be transferred between people, objects, or the environment. |
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