Ballistics
Glass
Serial Killers
Processing a crime scene
Introduction
100
the name of two types of barrels
What are shotgun and rifle barrels
100
This is defined as the bending of light as it passes through different media
What is refraction?
100
This is a person who kills 2 or more people with a cooling off period between murders
What is a serial killer?
100
This person has the job of securing the scene
who is the first officer on the scene?
100
fictional exploits excited the imagination of early forensic scienists
Who is sherlock holmes?
200
the name of a raised area between two grooves
What is a land of a barrel
200
bullet proof glass is made up of this glass
What is laminated glass
200
This is the reason that the criminal has for doing the crime
What is the motive?
200
This is a good carrier of trace evidence
What is clothing?
200
This person had the first statistical study that proved the usefulness of fingerprints
Who is francis galton
300
the general characteristics of rifling
What is are # of lands and grooves, direction of twist, width of lands and grooves, caliber
300
best type of glass to use in cooking or bake ware
What is "hard" glass?
300
these are examples of a "profile"
What is single white male, organized and very neat?
300
packaging all evidence separately can help prevent this.
What is cross contamination?
300
This leaves of a plan found on victim in a rape case
What is biology?
400
the difference between a caliber and a gauge
What is the diameter of the bullet is the caliber, and the diameter of the barrel is the gauge
400
this is the larger sized bullet hole
What is a exit hole?
400
This kind of person plans carefully, stable work history, good social skills
What is an organized serial killer?
400
This is a written record of all the people who had had possession of the evidence including the date and signature
What is the chain of custody?
400
They can use this to test supspects but the evidence cannot be used in the court room
What is a polygraph unit?
500
This is made of antimony, barium, lead
What is primer residue?
500
these two parts of the car are made out of tempered glass
What are rear and side windows of a car?
500
the real name of "Son of Sam"
Who is david berkowitz?
500
These people are recorders, sketch artists and photographers
Who are the crime scene investigators?
500
This case ended up bring out the idea that only test for evidence can be used if the test are accepted by the general scientific sommunitity
What is Frye vs US
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