Definitions
Forensic science
What is the application of science to criminal and civil laws
Invisible fingerprints
What are latent prints
The person who secures and protects the crime scene
Who is a first responder
a tool to contrast two different pieces of evidence to determine if they are from the same origin
comparison microscope
Three sources of DNA
What is blood, tissues, and any other bodily fluid
The application and study of insect and other arthropod biology to criminal matters
What is entomology
The 3 types of fingerprint patterns
What are loops, whorls, and arches
the categorization of how someone died (ie. accidental, homicide, suicide)
not unique to a particular object but place the particular bit of evidence into a group of objects
How to tell if a skeleton is female
What is a wide femur
When detectives explain that contact with another person, place, or object results in an exchange of physical materials
What is Locard's exchange principle
The cause for fingerprints to be left behind when we touch things
stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death, usually lasting from one to four days.
What is Rigor Mortis
The piece of evidence that an investigator could use to determine most precisely who the suspect of a crime is if two identical twins are in question
What is a fingerprint
The way to tell if a hair is forcibly removed
When the root attached to the hair shaft will probably be broken or damaged
What is a plastic print
The database used to find a match for fingerprints
What is IAFIS
Crime scene pattern that would absolutely require more than one investigator
What is a zone search
The list of all people who came into possession of an item of evidence
What is a chain of custody
The possible genotypes an offspring could have if the parents' blood types are O and AB
What is AO or BO
The body of a crime
What is corpus delicti
The age in which we develop fingerprints
What is 6 months gestation
Packaging used for a bloody shirt
What is a paper bag
What forensic scientists did to identify a body before finerprints were discovered
What is body measurement
The way to determine the entrance and exit holes when a high speed projectile breaks glass
What is where the exit hole is larger than the entrance hole