Forensics
Across
- 2. illegal activities
- 6. Physical evidence whose origin is known, such as blood or hair from a suspect, that can be compared to crime-scene evidence
- 7. the process of searching for many items at the same time, with no decrease in efficiency
- 8. anything that can be linked to a unique, single, specific source
- 12. supports the truth of an assertion directly
- 15. breaks the crime scene area into squares
- 16. is the chronological documentation or paper trail that records the sequence of custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of materials, including physical or electronic evidence
- 18. material in a criminal investigation that can be linked with a group of people, but not a specific individual
- 19. a category of offense in the California justice system
- 20. is any material object that plays some role in the matter that gave rise to the litigation, introduced as evidence in a judicial proceeding to prove a fact in issue based on the object's physical characteristics
- 21. a minor wrongdoing
Down
- 1. A search method employed by two or more people overlapping separate line searches forming a grid
- 3. evidence that establishes immediately collateral facts from which the main fact may be inferred
- 4. The first officer to arrive on the scene
- 5. The spiral can begin at a specific point and spiral outward or start on a perimeter and spiral inward
- 9. a member of law enforcement who is responsible for identifying, collecting, preserving, and packaging physical evidence at the scene of a crime
- 10. a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor
- 11. It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures
- 13. the application of archaeological survey, excavation, and recovery techniques to death scene investigations
- 14. the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
- 17. take photographs and physical measurements of the scene, identify and collect forensic evidence, and maintain the proper chain of custody of that evidence