Title: Define the terms class characteristic and individual characteristic.
Course: Forensic Technology (15055) > Section: Applying Crime Scene Procedures

Definition should include

- class characteristic—characteristic that puts an object into a certain group of persons or things (e.g., bullets to a type of weapon, blood sample to a blood group)
- individual characteristic—characteristic that narrows the object to a single source (e.g., fingerprints, DNA).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How has individual evidence been used to reverse wrongful convictions?
- What are the differences between direct and circumstantial evidence?
- What does class evidence tell you about who may have been at the scene of a crime?