This chapter defines key vocabulary terms used in forensics, including forensics relating to applying science to legal questions, observations perceived through the senses, evidence that provides truth for legal matters, and eyewitnesses who have seen an event. It also defines facts that can be verified, opinions based on judgment rather than direct knowledge, logical conclusions drawn from facts, analytical skills for problem solving, and deductive reasoning using logical steps from facts.

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 Forensics: relating to the application of
scientific knowledge to legal questions
 Observations: what a person perceives using
his or her senses

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 Evidence: something that delivers truth;
something legally submitted to a committee
to determine the truth of a matter
 Perception: interpreting information received
from the senses

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 Eyewitness: a person who has seen someone
or something and can communicate these
facts
 Fact: a statement or assertion of information
that can be verified

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 Opinion: personal belief founded on
judgment rather than on direct experience of
knowledge
 Logical: conclusions drawn from assumptions
and known facts

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 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
 Deductive reasoning: deriving the
consequences from the facts using a series of
logical steps