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What is Locard's Principle?
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With contact between two items, there will be an exchange.
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What are the Seven S's when dealing with a crime scene?
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1. Securing the Scene
-Safety -preserving the evidence 2. Separation of witnesses 3. Scan the scene 4. Seeing the scene -Photos 5. Sketching the scene 6. Searching for evidence 7. Securing and collecting evidence |
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What is a warrant?
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An order that serves as authorization
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What are the 4 types of searches when analyzing a crime scene?
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1. Spiral- starting in/out and working your way out/in in a spiral shape
2. Zone- splitting the crime scene up into quadrants or different parts 3. Grid- A grid search is simply two parallel searches, offset by 90 degrees, performed one after the other 4. Line- They walk in a straight line, at the same speed, from one end of crime scene to the other. |
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What is the Chain of Custody?
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It's when evidence is passed around. Scientists have to write down where the evidence has been and who viewed the evidence. It assures that the evidence was secure at all times and was never tampered with.
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How do you transfer evidence?
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Through plastic bags
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What is the Frye Standard?
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scientific evidence presented to the court must be interpreted by the court as "generally accepted" by a meaningful segment of the associated scientific community
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What is the Daubert ruling?
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requires an independent judicial assessment of reliability
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What is the purpose of the Fourth Amendment?
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It guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
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Describe an expert witness.
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A witness, who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have knowledge in a particular subject beyond that of the average person.
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