Crime Scene
Victim's clothing, fingernail scrapings, hair, blood (DNA), recovered bullets, etc.
What is physical evidence
Any small pieces of material, man-made or naturally occurring
What is Trace Evidence
The 3 classes of fingerprints
What are loops, whorls, and arches
Alteration of writing by overwriting or crossing out to hide the original writing
What are obliterations
Developed the first DNA profiling test in 1984
Who is Sir Alec Jeffreys
What is a crime lab/forensics lab
Hair is an appendage of the skin that grows out of this organ
Prints invisible to the eye
What are latent fingerprints
Any object with handwriting or print whose source or authenticity is in doubt
What is a questioned document
Published a book titled "Finger Prints" in 1892
Who is Francis Galton
"Never touch, change, or alter anything until it has been documented, identified, measured and, and photographed..."
What is the "Golden Rule" of Crime Scene Investigation
The initial growth phase
What is the Anagen phase
A fingerprint is an individual characteristic
What is the First Fundamental Principle of Fingerprints
An individual's writing style can be altered beyond recognition by this
What are drugs or alcohol
Author of Sherlock Holmes and first applied serology, ballistics, fingerprinting, and document examination
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The first step in processing a crime scene
What is preserving life
Scale structure covering the exterior of the hair
What is the cuticle
A fingerprint impressed in a soft surface such as soap, dust, or wax
What is a plastic print
Documents of known authorship or origin
What are exemplars
Who is Albert Osborn
Spiral, grid, line, zone
What are the four crime scene search methods
Cellular column running through the center of the hair
What is the medulla
The first systematic attempt at personal identification was devised by this French police expert in 1883
Who is Alphonse Bertillon
Removing writing or typing from a document
What are erasures
Created the principle that states "when a criminal came in contact with an object or person, a cross-transfer of evidence occurred"
Who is Edmond Locard