For each of the following types of evidence, indicate whether the evidence is likely to display individual or class characteristics.
a. A well developed and collected latent fingerprint
b. Random striations on a discharged bullet
c. A single-layer paint chip
d. A footwear impression with irregular and random wear patterns
e. A bloodstain with no DNA-containing cells
f. An artificial fiber
g. Irregular edges of a broken knife fitted together
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2
Transcience is _________________.
a. focusing on one idea or thing so much that is misdirects one's attention so that other, simple things, are forgotten
b. searching unsuccessfully for information that the person possesses but cannot recall despite trying to do so at the moment (it is on the tip of my tongue)
c. mistaking fantasy for reality, or what one heard from a friend or what one saw in a movie for one's own experience
d. being asked questions in such a way that a person begins to distort his or her memory and believe things happened that did not happen
e. experiencing the slow, continuous decay of memory over time, such that the more distance in the past an event occurred, the less detail is recalled about it