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1. Criminal foren- Scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime
sics
2. Forensics of a research method for the understanding and interpretation of phenomena, en-
Imagination counters, and objects—and their probable and potential connections in crimes.
3. Trials by jury a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact.
4. The CSI effect exposure to television programs that portray forensic science (e.g., CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation) can change the way jurors evaluate forensic evidence.
5. The strong prose- they possess unreasonably high expectations about the type of forensic evidence
cutors effect that will be proffered by the prosecution because they see forensic evidence as
something precise or performed to a high degree
6. The weak prose- prosecutors believe that jurors expect sophisticated forensic science and engage
cutors effect in a host of remedial procedures as a result of this. eg prosecutors may exclude
jurors who watch CSI
7. The defendant's The prosecution purportedly benefits from the jury's exposure to CSI
effect
8. The police Chiefs Criminals learn to avoid detection by watching shows like CSI
version
9. The producers ef- Suggest that CSI has had an educational effect by popularizing forensic science.
fect
10. The educators ef- CSI informs young people as they decide to enter into careers of forensic science.
fect
11. schema mental structures that people use to organize their knowledge around themes or
topics and that influence the information people notice, think about and remember
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12. A self-fulfilling Can occur when individuals expect a group to behave a certain way ) exert influence
prophesy over that group; and,cause that group to behave in a way consistent with that
expectation (Aronson, Wilson, and Akert 1968, 67).
13. Stereotype threat behaving in a way that substantiates a negative stereotype
14. principle of Getting the subject to change their story
breaking the alibi
15. Alternative light Used in crime scene investigations or postmortem examinations to identify many
sources forms of evidence
16. Forensic toxicolo- the analysis of biological samples for for the presence of toxins, including drugs
gy
17. postmortem the use of forensic technology to test whether drugs or poisons are related to the
forensic cause or manner of death
technology
18. Human perfor- investigates the effects of drugs on a humans performance and behavior, as well
mance forensic as the legal consequences for the drug use
technology
19. forensic drug The testing of a substance or individual to test whether a substance is present
testing/ toxicolo- within it/them
gy
20. medical toxicolo- a subspecialty of toxicology that focuses on the diagnosis, management and
gy prevention of poisoning and other adverse effects due to medication.
21. ballistics the investigation of firearms that may have been used in a crime.
22. internal ballistics study of evidence produced inside a firearm when a bullet or round is fired
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CORRECT Answers
1. Criminal foren- Scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime
sics
2. Forensics of a research method for the understanding and interpretation of phenomena, en-
Imagination counters, and objects—and their probable and potential connections in crimes.
3. Trials by jury a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact.
4. The CSI effect exposure to television programs that portray forensic science (e.g., CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation) can change the way jurors evaluate forensic evidence.
5. The strong prose- they possess unreasonably high expectations about the type of forensic evidence
cutors effect that will be proffered by the prosecution because they see forensic evidence as
something precise or performed to a high degree
6. The weak prose- prosecutors believe that jurors expect sophisticated forensic science and engage
cutors effect in a host of remedial procedures as a result of this. eg prosecutors may exclude
jurors who watch CSI
7. The defendant's The prosecution purportedly benefits from the jury's exposure to CSI
effect
8. The police Chiefs Criminals learn to avoid detection by watching shows like CSI
version
9. The producers ef- Suggest that CSI has had an educational effect by popularizing forensic science.
fect
10. The educators ef- CSI informs young people as they decide to enter into careers of forensic science.
fect
11. schema mental structures that people use to organize their knowledge around themes or
topics and that influence the information people notice, think about and remember
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CORRECT Answers
12. A self-fulfilling Can occur when individuals expect a group to behave a certain way ) exert influence
prophesy over that group; and,cause that group to behave in a way consistent with that
expectation (Aronson, Wilson, and Akert 1968, 67).
13. Stereotype threat behaving in a way that substantiates a negative stereotype
14. principle of Getting the subject to change their story
breaking the alibi
15. Alternative light Used in crime scene investigations or postmortem examinations to identify many
sources forms of evidence
16. Forensic toxicolo- the analysis of biological samples for for the presence of toxins, including drugs
gy
17. postmortem the use of forensic technology to test whether drugs or poisons are related to the
forensic cause or manner of death
technology
18. Human perfor- investigates the effects of drugs on a humans performance and behavior, as well
mance forensic as the legal consequences for the drug use
technology
19. forensic drug The testing of a substance or individual to test whether a substance is present
testing/ toxicolo- within it/them
gy
20. medical toxicolo- a subspecialty of toxicology that focuses on the diagnosis, management and
gy prevention of poisoning and other adverse effects due to medication.
21. ballistics the investigation of firearms that may have been used in a crime.
22. internal ballistics study of evidence produced inside a firearm when a bullet or round is fired
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