Chapter 1
Name the three kinds of mortises?
Rigor mortis , algor mortis , Livor mortis
Using your 5 sense to come to a conclusion Is known as
Observation
the human body is normally what temperature?
37 degrees Celsius / 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
He came up with a principle regarding trace evidence
Dr. Edmond Locard
These are the individuals who comes to the crime scene first
police officers
blood, Hair, soil marks, glass fragments are all known as
trace evidence
The body has been dead for more than 3 hours. You observe the body and see there’s no flow of blood. The body also seems to be in a stiff position. You would say that the body is in what stage of mortis ?
Rigor mortis
once a person dies, the human body decreases in temperature how many degrees per hour?
1.5 degrees per hour
it narrows down and identity to a single person or thing .This is unique
Individual evidence
Many professionals have arrived at the crime scene, They all observe the corpse and want to come to a conclusion of what the cause may possibly be. The person best fit for this role is ?
a medical examiner
your perception can either go to your _______ or your ___________
short term memory , Long term memory
Mortis is derived from the Latin word
Mortem
this is considered your collected observations
evidence
you see a dead body and automatically you notice the red-purple discoloration of their skin; you can conclude that the body is in what stage of mortis?
Livor mortis
This type of evidence narrows the identity to a groups of persons
Class evidence
This software is able to extract camera feeds and detect a possible face match of a suspect
neoface software
Materials that can be transferred is known as
trace evidence
It is winter in Chicago, you and your team is investigating a dead body, you check the temperature and you see that the thermometer reads 20.5 degrees Celsius. This is odd because according to your collected evidence, the crime happened 2 hours ago. What could have affected the temperature of the dead body?
its winter in Chicago/ Winter/ the cold weather
The forensic scientist recognized that the blood of a dead person was found in the house but, the body was discovered 2 miles away, at a near by lake. How many crime scenes the forensic scientist have to report?
2 crime scenes
preserving the evidence and blocking the perimeter of the crime scene falls under which of the "S's" of crime investigation?
securing the scene
information travels through your sense in what pathway ?
first what you pay attention to, perception, short term memory and lastly long term memory
The first three S's of a crime scene are?
securing the scene, spectating the witnesses and scanning the scene
Jack was found dead in a BJ's parking lot, when you checked his temperature, the thermometer gave you a reading of 30.5 °C How long will you say jack has been dead?
4.6 hours
The longer or the more intense the two entities are engaged, the more of a cross transfer happens
2nd part of Locard's principle of exchange
Forensic scientist uses this chemical solution (which is also known as an indicator) to test for traces of blood
Phenolphthalein