Crime Scenes
Fingerprints
Footprints
Vocabulary
Firearms and Weapons
100

two things investigators look for at a crime scene

What are fingerprints and footprints?

100
Everyone's fingerprints are different, so then detectives can identify who did it.
Why are fingerprints important to solving a crime scene?
100
They may lead to clues or the criminal.
Why are footprints helpful in solving a crime scene?
100
Crime Scene Investigation.
What does CSI stand for?
100
The study of poisons.
What is toxicology?
200

The reason DNA important at a crime scene

What is it can identify the victim or suspect?

200
Arch, Tented Arch, Whorl and Loop.
What are the four types of fingerprints?
200
Class Characteristics and Accidental Characteristics.
What are the two types of characteristics for footprints?
200
Someone who has been murdered.
What is a victim?
200
Guns and Poison
What are two ways a murderer could kill a victim?
300
They might have poisons or drugs in them.
Why do toxicologists examine drinks found at a crime scene?
300
The oils in your fingers leave behind an imprint of your finger that touched the object.
Why are fingerprints left behind when you touch something?
300
It can be a design or emblem on the bottom of a shoe.
What is a Class Characteristic?
300
Innocent until proven guilty.
What is the rule of thumb in trial?
300
It might make the victim crash in a car accident.
How can drugs kill a victim?
400
Blood, spit, skin, etc.
Which body parts contain DNA?
400
Loop. 65% of people have at least 1 loop fingerprint.
What is the most common type of fingerprint?
400
It can be a worn off area on the footprint.
What is an Accidental Characteristic?
400
Someone who studies criminals and criminalities.
What is a criminalogist?
400
Left Twist and Right Twist Bullets
What are the two types of bullets?
500
Identical twins have identical DNA.
Why are identical twins hard to figure out who committed the crime?
500
Arch or Tented Arch. Only 5% of people have at least 1 Arch or Tented Arch fingerprint.
What is the rarest type of fingerprints?
500
Class characteristic
If a shoe has a brand name on it, what kind of characteristic would it be?
500

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

What does DNA stand for?

500
Blood.
When a murderer murders someone, what do they leave behind that might help the crime scene?
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