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| 10704453244 | Ballistics | the science of projectiles and firearms. the study of the effects of being fired on a bullet, cartridge, or gun. |  | 0 |
| 10704453245 | Entomology | is the application and study of insect and other arthropod biology to criminal matters |  | 1 |
| 10704453246 | Odontology | the proper handling, examination and evaluation of dental evidence, which will be then presented in the interest of justice. |  | 2 |
| 10704453247 | Statuatory Law | define written laws, usually enacted by a legislative body. |  | 3 |
| 10704453248 | Misdemeanor | a nonindictable offense, regarded in the US (and formerly in the UK) as less serious than a felony. |  | 4 |
| 10704453249 | Felony | Infraction, Nolo Contendere, Frye Standard, Preliminary Hearing, Junk Science, Criminalistics, Evidence, Palynology, Pathology, Polygraphy, Criminal Law, Common Law, Violation, Civil Law, Booking, Probative, Daubert Ruling, Indict, Arraignment, Expert Witness, Hearsay, Material, Bail, Grand Jury, Elements, Probable Cause |  | 5 |
| 10704453250 | Infraction | The definition of an infraction is a violation of the law that is less serious than a misdemeanor, or is a violation of rules you are supposed to follow. An example of an infraction is when you are speeding and given a traffic ticket. |  | 6 |
| 10704453251 | Preliminary Hearing | Within some criminal justice systems, a preliminary hearing, preliminary examination, evidentiary hearing or probable cause hearing is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial. |  | 7 |
| 10704453252 | Criminalistics | another term for forensics |  | 8 |
| 10704453253 | Evidence | the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. |  | 9 |
| 10704453254 | Pathology | the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes. |  | 10 |
| 10704453255 | Polygraphy | an instrument for recording variations of several different pulsations (as of physiological variables) simultaneously — compare lie detector. |  | 11 |
| 10704453256 | Criminal Law | Criminal law or penal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It regulates social conduct and proscribes whatever is threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people. It includes the punishment of people who violate these laws. |  | 12 |
| 10704453257 | Common Law | the part of English law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes. Often contrasted with statutory law. |  | 13 |
| 10704453258 | Violation | the action of violating someone or something. |  | 14 |
| 10704453259 | Civil Law | Civil law, civilian law or Roman law is a legal system originating in Europe, intellectualized within the framework of late Roman law, and whose most prevalent feature is that its core principles are codified into a referable system which serves as the primary source of law |  | 15 |
| 10704453260 | Indict | To accuse of wrongdoing; charge. a book that indicts modern values. (law) To make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury. | | 16 |
| 10704453261 | Arraignment | the action of arraigning someone in court. |  | 17 |
| 10704453262 | Expert Witness | a person who is permitted to testify at a trial because of special knowledge or proficiency in a particular field that is relevant to the case. |  | 18 |
| 10704453263 | Hearsay | information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor. |  | 19 |
| 10704453264 | Material | important; essential; relevant. |  | 20 |
| 10704453265 | Bail | Bail is cash, a bond, or property that an arrested person gives to a court to ensure that he or she will appear in court when ordered to do so. |  | 21 |
| 10704453266 | Grand Jury | A grand jury is a legal body that is empowered to conduct official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may compel the production of documents and may compel the sworn testimony of witnesses to appear before it. |  | 22 |
| 10704453267 | Probable Cause | reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.). |  | 23 |
| 10704453282 | Analytical Skills | The ability to identify a concept or problem, to isolate its component parts, to organize information for decision making, to establish criteria for evaluation, and to draw appropriate conclusions |  | 24 |
| 10704453283 | Deductive Reasoning | Deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps |  | 25 |
| 10704453284 | Eyewitness | a person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts. |  | 26 |
| 10704453285 | Fact | A statement of information that can be verified |  | 27 |
| 10704453286 | Forensic | relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions |  | 28 |
| 10704453287 | Logical | capable of or characterized by clear or valid reasoning from facts |  | 29 |
| 10704453288 | Observation | what a person perceives using his or her senses (touch, sight, sound, taste, and smell) |  | 30 |
| 10704453289 | Opinion | personal belief founded on judgment rather than on direct experience or knowledge |  | 31 |
| 10704453290 | Perception | interpreting information received from the senses |  | 32 |
| 10704453268 | Forensic Investigator | first, observes, collects, interprets and reports observations clearly without making judgements as to the importance of each piece of evidence |  | 33 |
| 10704453269 | how information is processed in the brain | senses --> what we pay attention to--> perception-->short term memory--> long term memory. | 34 | |
| 10704453270 | understanding the brains limitations | helps us learn to improve our observation skills, and inspires us to capture events quickly through photo's and writing information down | 35 | |
| 10704453271 | Innocence Project | Project which re-examined post conviction cases often based on faulty eyewitness accounts using DNA to clear innocent people. |  | 36 |
| 10704453272 | factors affecting accuracy of witnesses observation skills | alone or in a group, number of people, type of activity, how much activity, emotional state and level of anxiety | 37 | |
| 10704453273 | how to be a good observer | examine your environment systematically, don't judge small details to be unimportant, be aware of jumping to conclusions, write down and photograph memories and evidence |  | 38 |
| 10704453274 | forensics science | is not debate, it relies on evidence and uses fact to help in legal matters |  | 39 |
| 10704453275 | strategies for building observation skills | Practice logic puzzles and games, increase focus with meditation, complete memory exercises like recalling details from your day, try new things and learn through trial and error | 40 | |
| 10704453276 | techniques to improve a police line up | Blind/Blinded administration Line up Composition/Blank line-ups Sequential viewing Confidence Statements | 41 | |
| 10704453277 | forms of evidence | Physical Documentary Judicial notice Testimonial | 42 | |
| 10704453278 | Cross Race Effect | a phenomenon in which people are better at recognizing faces of their own race rather than those of other races. | 43 | |
| 10704453279 | qualitative | Things you notice using your senses that can't be measured | 44 | |
| 10704453280 | quantitative | Measurable characteristics Anything that can be measured with something like a ruler, scale, thermometer, or graduated cylinder | 45 | |
| 10704453281 | inference | an idea formed from facts or evidence. | 46 |
