Vocab Words
Careers
In the Courts
Fingerprints
100
Application of science to help investigate or solve crimes
forensic science
100
a person who analyzes body fluids as they relate to forensic cases
forensic serologist
100
a person who is called into court to testify. He or she tells his/her view of what happened
witness
100
fingerprint that makes the shape of at least one complete circle
whorl
200
an excuse a suspect says that tells people that they were not at the scene of the crime
alibi
200
a person who studies insects and analyzes them when found at a crime scene
forensic entomologist
200
an act which breaks the law
crime
200
fingerprints not immediately seen by the naked eye
latent fingerprints
300
when investigators secretly watch a suspect's home or business for illegal/weird activity
stakeout
300
the first person on the scene who can arrest the criminal
first officer (police officer)
300
a group of people selected from the community to hear evidence and decide a criminal or civil case
jury
300
the study of fingerprints
dactyloscopy
400
a crime carrying a penalty if more than a year in prison
felony
400
someone who investigates accidents where product failure has caused personal injury (such as a baby hurt after falling out of a bad crib)
forensic engineer
400
a crime carrying a penalty of more than a year in prison
felony
400
the person who collects the fingerprints
forensic technician or fingerprint technician or forensic scientist
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