QUARTERLY MEASUREMENT STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 1:
Define and recognize vocabulary words:
Analytical skills
Fact
Opinion
Deductive reasoning
Forensic
Perception
Eyewitness
Logical
What are the important tools of a forensic investigator?
What is the innocence project is and what information was uncovered about
wrongful convictions
Information about things that affect eyewitness accounts of crime-scene events
What are observations? What can affect our ability to make observations?
Who is Paul Ekman, what did he contribute to forensic science?
How can you improve observational skills?
Why are observational skills important to forensic scientists?
Chapter 2:
Define and recognize vocabulary words:
Chain of custody
Circumstantial
evidence
Crime-scene
reconstruction
Direct evidence
Class evidence
First responder
Crime-scene
investigation
Individual evidence
Paper bindle
Primary crime
scene
Secondary crime
scene
Trace evidence
Identify types of evidence in criminal cases and form an opinion
regarding the use of particular types of evidence in making a conviction.
Distinguish between circumstantial and direct evidence.
Describe the duties of a photographer, first-responder, sketch artist or
an evidence collector at a crime scene.
Make a paper bindle and describe the types of evidence it might be used
to collect. Include all necessary information required on evidence
packages.
Identify members of the crime scene investigation team.
Identify types of evidence.
Know major items to include in a sketch of a crime scene.
How do investigators search a crime scene?