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Instrumentality

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Device, system or hardware played sig. role in a crime

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Contraband

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Digital device is illegally possessed or is illegal to possess due to legal reason

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“Mere”

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Evidence that not seized, instead goal is to get data that is of value

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Digital evidence

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Information and data of value that is stored on, received or transmitted by an electronic device

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First responders: handle digital evidence

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  1. Recognize, document, and secure
  2. Document entire scene/location
  3. Collect label and preserve
  4. Package and transport in secure manner
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Useful evidence

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Photos, documents, chat logs, browsing history, stored data, etc.

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Hard drives

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Data storage device

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External hard drive

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Increase computers data storage capacity and provide portable data

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Removable media

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Cartridges and disc-based data storage devices

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Thumb drives

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Small lightweight removable data storage devices with USB connection

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Memory cards

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Small dated storage devices

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Digital collection toolkit

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Cameras 
cardboard boxes
notepads
evidence tape 
evidence sketches, labels, tags
crime scene tape 
Gloves
Inventory logs
Anti static bags
Permanent markers
Non magnetic tools
Radio frequency shielding materials
      -tinfoil
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3 options for locating person with cell phone

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  1. Single cell tower search
  2. GPS
  3. Cell tower triangulation (most accurate)
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Death

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Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions

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Homicide

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Killing of one person by another

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Excusable homicide

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Unintentional, truly accidental killing

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Justifiable homicide

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Killing of person under authority of law

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Signs of death

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Lack of breathing, heart beat, flushing of fingernail, failure of eyelids to close

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Coroner

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Elected official

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Medical examiner

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Physician, not elected

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Forensic pathologist

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Medicine branch, applies to fundamentals and knowledge of medical sciences to problems in field of law and those that relate to public health and safety

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Manner of death

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Circumstances under which cause of death occurred

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Natural

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Caused by a disease or old age

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Unnatural

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Homicide, suicide, accident or undetermined

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Cause of death
Injury/disease responsible for the pathological and physiological disturbances that resulted in death
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Autopsy
Medical dissection/exam of body to determine cause if death
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Post mortem interval
Time elapsed since death occurred
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Livor mortis
Color change occurs from pooling of blood after heart stops
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Tardieu spots
Small, pinpoint hemorrhages caused by burst capillaries
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Rigor mortis
Stiffening of body
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Cadaveric spasm
Immediate rigor
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Algor mortis
Loss of body heat
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Rainey's equation
LogD - logtI ____________ = X (hours since tod) LogR
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Vitreous draw
Sample of ocular fluid from eye determine potassium levels
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Decomposition
Postmortem breakdown of body tissues
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Putrefaction
Postmortem changes produce by actions of bacteria and microorganisms
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Mummification
Dehydration of tissues | High temp, low humidity, some form of ventilation
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Adipocere
Hydration and dehydration of the body's fat, results in off white, waxy, claylike substance
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Postmortem
After death
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Perimortem
Occurred at or near death
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Perimortem injuries include
Mechanic, thermal, chemical, and electrical traumas
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Exsanguination
Death due bleeding out
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Penetrating gunshot wound
Entrance but no exit
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Perforating gunshot wound
Entrance and exit wound
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Contact/near contact injury
Less than 0.5 cm from target
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Distance range injury
Greater than 1 to 1.5 m
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Hypothermia
Lowering of body temp due to excessive cold
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Hyperthermia
Rising of body temp due to excessive heat
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Asphyxia
Interruption of oxygen to brain
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Drowning
Death by asphyxiation cause by water submersion
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Cone of foam, foam cone
Caused by drug overdose
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Flashpoint
Lowest temp which liquid gives off sufficient vapor to mix with air that supports combustion
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Pyrolysis
Chem decomp of solid to gas
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Flammable range
Range which air and fuel will support combustion
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Incendiary evidence
Crime scene debris, observed burning characteristics and absence of accidental causation
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USERT
Underwater search and evidence response team
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Black water diving
Visibility is reduced to nothing readable/ visible
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Line tenders
Individuals eyes and ears of forensic diver
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PADI
Professional association of dive instructors
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SSI
Scuba schools international
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NAUI
National association of underwater instructors
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First scene
Surface scene
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Second scene
Submerged scene
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Ultimate goal
Determine whether crime has been committed
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DMORT
Disaster mortuary operational response team
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Probing
Pushing metal rod into ground, where enter more easily is marked
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CPU
Central processing unit
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Sir Robert peel
First police department
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Allan Pinkerton
Chicago's first detective
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Edmond locard
Credited for worlds first crime lab
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Locard's exchange principle
Two objects that contact cross transfer evidence
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Negative witness
Someone who explains why forensic evidence is absent or not being introduced
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Ethics
Study of moral standards and how they effect conduct
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Values
Beliefs if a person/group for or against an emotional investment
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Expert witness
Provides specialized info, can provide opinion, educate jury
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The daubert standard
Judges must eval testimony is both relevant and reliable
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Mechanical loss
Evidence lost though saving a life
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Transient evidence
Fragile or at great risk of loss
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Local/traditional model
Police are used as primary scrims scene personnel
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Crime scene investigator/tech
Personnel who are dedicated to documentation and physical evidence collection and preservation
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Crime lab model
Responds to serious cases
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Team model
Most effective, most specialized model
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Cross contamination
Unintentional movement/transfer of material between two objects
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PPE
Personal protection equipment
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PPE levels
Level A-D ; A is most dangerous
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Viscosity
Molecules of blood that are mutually attracted to each other
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Directionality
Direction blood is traveling
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Swipe
Bloodied surface against non bloody one
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Wipe
Non bloody surface moves across a bloody one
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Cast off patterns
Created when blood is released/ thrown from a blood-bearing object
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Arterial spirt
Artery is breached, blood projects in vetoed amounts
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NIBIN
National integrated ballistics information network
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IBIS
Integrated ballistic identification system
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Zones of possibility
Probable, possible and impossible
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CSA
Controlled substance act
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Five classes of drugs
Narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and anabolic steroids
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Potency
Amount needed to produce a certain effect
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Efficacy
Whether or not a drug can produce an effect regardless of dose
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How many schedules of drugs
Five. One is the highest chance for abuse
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Physiological effects of hallucinogens
Elevated heart rate, increased blood pressure, dilated pupils

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