They have a spiral or circular pattern and can have pockets or double loops.
What is a whorl fingerprint?
100
a full or partial fingerprint made by deposits of oils and/or perspiration, not ususally visible to the human eye
What is Latent Fingerprint?
100
Any person that is thought capable of committing a crime
What is Suspect?
100
the outside covering, made of overlapping scales of hair
What is cuticle
100
John Larson a medical student invented the modern
What is lie detector(polygraph)
200
It has two whorls that meet in the center.
What is a double loop?
200
also known as a "Polygraph". A machine that charts how respiration and other bodily functions change as questions are asked of the person being tested
What is Lie Detector
200
Evidence that is found at a crime scene in small but measurable amounts.
What is Trace Evidence?
200
inside layer running down the center of the cortex
What is Medulla
200
Does everybody have the same fingerprint?
What is No, everybodies skin texture is different.
300
The details of a fingerprint.
What is a minutiae?
300
any object, as distinguished from witness statements, that can help explain an event under investigation
What is Physical Evidence
300
List the five steps in the standard crime scene protocol.
What is Interview, Examine, Photograph,Sketch, Process.
300
air spaces, usually found near the root but may be found throughout the hair shaft
What is Cortical Fusi
300
DNA that is present in the nucleus of a cell and that is inherited from both parents
What is nuclear DNA?
400
The place where a ridge divides.
What is a bifurcation?
400
A person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts.
What is Eyewitness
400
Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred.
What is Crime Scene?
400
Hair is not growing in this phase but is resting
What is Catagen Stage?
400
substance composed of a large number of atoms that are usually arranged in repeating units
What is poylmer
500
Ridges that split and come back together.
What is an enclosure or island?
500
A multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal professionals work together to solve a crime.
What is Crime-scene investigation(CSI)
500
What evidence can be found at a crime scene?
What is Drug Chemistry, Trace Chemistry, Biology/DNA, Toxicology, Latent Prints, Fire arms & tool marks, Questioned documents.
500
80%-90% of hair is in this stage and because the majority of hair is in this stage, this is stage of hair growth most commonly found at a violent crime scene
Hair is actively growing in this stage and can last up to 5 years
What is Anagen Stage?
500
breaking into a house or building to steal an object