History
The application of science to the law is known as this.
What is forensic science?
Is that a ketchup stain on Billy's tie? Or is it blood? A question for this crime laboratory section.
What is the Biological Science (or Serology) section?
Any object that can establish that a crime has or has not been committed is called this.
What is evidence?
This is an organized list of all the people that have had possession of the evidence. Breaking it may mean the evidence cannot be used in court.
What is chain of custody?
Daubert v Merrell Dow says that the "gatekeepers" for the evidence are these courtroom officials.
Who is the trial judge?
The oldest forensic laboratory in the US was created in this city.
What is Los Angeles?
Determining if that dirt found on Sally's boot came from the crime scene is the responsibility of this crime lab section.
What is trace evidence or physical science section?
These three things are used to document a crime scene.
What are photography (or videography), sketches and notes.
This is the process of determining a substance's physical and chemical identity.
What is identification?
Jackie is a forensic scientist with the state police lab. She wrote her report to her findings and may be called to court as this, testifying to her report and findings.
What is an expert witness?
Forensic crime laboratories in the US can be found at these three levels of government.
What is federal, state or local?
Joe wants to determine how far this shotgun was from the victim to create that shot pattern. He should ask a forensic scientist in this section to help him.
What is ballistics section?
It's just me searching this back yard for evidence so I'm going to use this search pattern.
What is spiral search pattern?
Worn tire treads, fingerprints and bullet striations are examples of these type of characteristics.
What are individual characteristics?
Robert is testifying to his arson report that he wrote based on his scientifically accepted analysis and findings. He may be "judged" on this just as much as his data.
What is appearance or demeanor?
Whenever two objects come into contact with one another, there is an exchange of materials between them was theorized by whom.
Who is Locard?
Dr. Panchal did the autopsy on Jane Doe today and is submitting her blood to this crime lab section to test for drugs and alcohol.
What is toxicology?
These three things make up the role of a forensic scientist or criminalist.
What are identify and collect evidence, analyze the evidence and testify to the findings.
This is the frequency of occurrence of an event.
Naomi found a fingerprint on the window at the crime scene and used tape to lift the print. She will submit this evidence to this section of the crime lab.
An increasing demand for the analysis of this type of evidence has been the single most important factor in the recent expansion of crime labs in the US.
What is drug evidence?
Office Ruiz needs to find out if these pills found at his crime scene are prescription or illicit drugs. He will submit his evidence to this section for analysis.
What is the drug chemistry section?
By packaging items of evidence separately, the criminalist is preventing these two things from occurring.
What is damaging the evidence and cross contamination of the evidence?
This databank is used for DNA profiles.
What is CODIS?
Fibers and single layer paint chips have these type of characteristics.
What are class characteristics?