The definition of arson
What is the criminal act of deliberately setting a fire?
What is: they provide documentation/reference and are required for presentation at trial?
The name of the scientific tool used to determine in an autopsy if someone was "under the influence" (used in toxicology and we used this in our pickle lab)
What is PH test paper?
One technique to add facial hair to a facial reconstruction
What is photoshop?
Chromatography was used in our final lab to help us determine this
What is: The different compositions of ink in different markers?
The place a fire was started from
What is the point of origin?
A description of oblique lighting
What is: It uses a light source positioned at a low angle?
The description of the ventral side during an autopsy
What is: the body facing frontwards?
The first step a forensic facial reconstruction expert should do
What is: Duplicate the skull?
The three different types of fingerprints
What is whorl, arch, and loop?
A common reason for arson crimes
What is insurance fraud, crime concealment, pyromania or revenge?
A factor that affects the amount of time the investigator has at the crime scene?
What is weather, location, or time of day?
What the internal autopsy focuses on
What is: the internal organs?
The three layers of clay applied to the skull
What are muscles, glands, and skin?
The name of the non-harmful chemical we used in our final assessment lab during the chemical analysis section
What is bicarbonate?
Definition of 1st degree arson
What is burning an occupied building?
Evidence must be ________ until it can be photographed.
What is preserved?
In our pickle lab, we made inferences as to what the _____ and ______ of death were.
What are cause and manner?
The reasons why markers are placed on different positions on the skull
What is: they represent varied facial skin thickness?
The name of the compound used to create shoe imprints
What is plaster of paris?
Combustion occurs when a substance rapidly combines with what element?
What is oxygen?
The exception to keeping a crime scene unaltered
What is: Someone is injured and requires medical attention at the crime scene?
The name of a scientist who performs autopsies
What is a forensic pathologist?
The reason why the best facial reconstructions show no facial expressions
What is: Facial expressions are unique and impossible to infer from a skull?
In our final lab, if the PH was acidic, the evidence was poison. If the PH was _______ it was not harmful.
What is alkaline?