Define Forensics
The application of science to law
Rigor Mortis
What is the stiffening of muscles that occurs 2-30 hours after death?
The name of the largest (thickest) bone in the human body.
What is the humerus?
When a crime scene technician arrives at the scene, he/she photographs the victim and observes stiffening of the muscles in the victim's body. This type of change is called?
Rigor Mortis
What is a plea bargain?
When a defendant pleads guilty and the prosecutor reduces the charge.
Which crime scene pattern would absolutely require more than one investigator?
Zone
Which of the following is an example of TRANSIENT evidence?
a. DNA
b. blood spatter
c. odor
d. hair
C. Odor
The area containing the intersections generated by lines drawn through the long axes of individual stains that indicates in two dimensions the location of the blood source.
What is Area of Convergence?
The name of a fingerprint made in putty?
What is a plastic fingerprint?
What type of fingerprint would not be seen by the naked eye?
latent
Blood stain created when an object moves through an existing stain.
What is a "wipe"?