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Power of Evidence Name _____________________________

Part A: Types of Evidence


1. ____________________ evidence includes oral or written statements given to police as well as court
testimony by people who witnessed an event.

2. What factors could affect a person’s account of a crime? Why? Challenge Answers
1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
3. Investigators create ___________ ____________ using software and 4. _______________
eyewitnesses reports for people involved in a crime or a missing person’s
5. _______________
case.
6. _______________
4. _________________________evidence refers to indirect evidence that
7. _______________
tends to establish a conclusion by inference (not a direct link).
8. _______________
5. _________________ evidence refers to any material items that would be
9. _______________
present at the crime scene, on the victims, or found in a suspect’s possession.
It includes all materials that can be tested, examined, and used for 10. ______________
comparison.

6. Classify each type of physical evidence listed below.

____________________ - Evidence from fires, explosions, paints, and glass as well as controlled &
illegal substances

____________________ - Microscopic (or _______________) evidence, such as hairs, fibers, woods,


soils, building materials, insulation and other materials.

____________________ - Analysis of body fluids and dried stains such as blood, semen, and saliva;
DNA analysis may help to identify persons involved in a crime.

____________________ - Body fluids and tissues to determine the presence of drugs and poisons.

____________________ - Identification and comparison of fingerprints or other hidden impressions


from sources like feet, shoes, ears, lips or the tread on vehicle tires.

____________________ - Study of bullets and ammunition through the comparison of fired bullets,
cartridges, guns, and gunpowder patterns on people and objects.

____________________ - Examines marks left by tools on objects at a crime scene or on a victim, such
as a hammer used to break an object or a screwdriver used to pick a lock.

T. Tomm 2006 Updated 2024 https://sciencespot.net/


Part B: Identify each type of evidence as testimonial (T), physical (P), or circumstantial (C).
Some may have more than once answer.

_____ Suspect’s statement of what happened during the crime

_____ Blood droplets found on a weapon

_____ The suspect and victim worked at the same company

_____ A person’s accounts of an accident between a car and a truck

_____ Victim’s version of an attack or crime

_____ A video segment from a surveillance camera where the crime occurred.

_____ Hairs and fibers found on a victim’s coat matched to a suspect.

_____ A rock found at the suspect’s house is the same type of rock found at the crime scene.

_____ A person reports he saw the suspect’s car in the same area as the crime.

_____ Tire tracks at the crime scene were from a pickup truck.

T. Tomm 2006 Updated 2024 https://sciencespot.net/

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