Observation Skills
A person who has seen someone or something related to a crime and can communicate their observations
What is an eyewitness
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
What is chain of custody
The protein that makes up hair
What is keratin
The smallest indivisible unit of a textile
What is a fiber
The application of plant science to crime scene analysis
What is forensic botany
What a person perceives using their senses
what is an observation
Material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group
What is class evidence
The part of the hair that is above the follicle and contains mitochondrial DNA
What is the hair shaft
A fiber produced naturally and harvested from a plant, animal, or mineral
What is a natural fiber
The number and type of pollen grains found in an area at a particular time of year
What is a pollen profile
A personal belief founded on judgement rather than on direct experience or knowledge
What is an opinion
A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing
What is individual evidence
The central core of the hair
What is the medulla
Fibers that have been spun together
What is yarn
First responder on scene, responsible for ensuring safety of scene and preserving evidence
What is the police
Relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions
What is forensic
A permanent, fixed point of reference used in mapping a crime scene
What is a datum point
The actively growing base of a hair that contains nuclear DNA
What is the hair follicle
Polyester
What is a synthetic fiber
The transfer of evidence from one person directly to another
What is direct transfer
A project that reexamines post-conviction cases
What is the Innocence Project
This principle states that when a person comes into contact with an object or another person, a cross transfer of physical evidence can occur
What is Locard's Principle of Exchange
Genetic material in the nucleus of the cell
What is nuclear DNA
Fibers are woven together
What is a textile
The time elapsed between a persons death and discovery of the body
What is the postmortem interval