Forensic Terms
The person researching remains (bones)
What is a forensic anthropologist?
The famous nonfiction series written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
What is Sherlock Holmes?
The person who is subjected of a crime
What is the victim?
The first step in processing a crime scene
What is securing the scene?
Statistically the gender that watches true crime as a guilty pleasure
Who is women?
An unsolved case which is no longer investigated
What is a cold case?
A TV series following a dedicated group of forensic investigators at the Las Vegas Crime Lab works to solve often-grisly crimes
What is CSI?
A person thought to be guilty
What is a suspect?
The phrase describing that "every contact leaves a trace"
What is Locard's Exchange Principle?
The most common genre to produce true crime in the modern era
What are podcasts?
The database that stores DNA profiles used by law enforcement across the U.S.
What is CODIS?
One of the longest-running science fiction series in network TV history, FBI special agents investigate unexplained cases
What is The X-Files?
The person who defends a suspect in court
What is a defense attorney?
The difference between a primary and secondary crime scene
What is primary is where the crime happened; secondary is related but separate?
This case gained national attention with the phrase "If the glove doesn't fit then you must acquit"
What is the O.J. Simpson trial?
The 3 main patterns of a fingerprint
What are loop, arch and whorl?
The phenomenon where jurors have unrealistic expectations of forensic science in criminal trials due to their exposure to popular TV shows
What is The CSI Effect?
The a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
What is an alibi?
The 3 main types of evidence
What are physical, biological, and testimonial?
The unknown serial killer terrorized London's Whitechapel district in 1888, brutally murdering at least five women
Who is Jack the Ripper?
The one who performs autopsies of dead people for the cause of death
What is a forensic pathologist?
A drama series about a forensic technician specializing in bloodstain pattern analysis, who leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer
What is Dexter?
Able to be believed or convincing
What is credible?
The documented process showing who handled evidence and when
What is the chain of custody?
The investigative journalist who researches the murder of Hae Min Lee in the podcast Serial
Who is Sarah Koeing?