This famous political leader’s death led to an investigation that used hair samples to test for toxins.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
Fibers can be considered this type of evidence.
What is physical evidence?
Lines on a fingerprint are known as this.
What is ridges?
This is the first step crime scene investigators must follow when arriving on the scene.
What is Securing the Scene?
Whenever two objects are in contact, some transfer of material may occur.
What is Locard’s Exchange Principle?
Hair without the follicle is considered this type of evidence.
What is class evidence?
Synthetic fibers tend to be more _______________ in structure, whereas natural fibers tend to be more ______________.
What is uniform and irregular?
This type of fingerprint is found as an indentation left on a soft material such as clay.
What is a Plastic print?
When “Seeing the Scene”, forensic photographers must take this many photos of each piece of evidence.
What is 9?
Archaeologists discovered fingerprints pressed into clay tablet contracts dating back to this year.
What is 1792 BC?
Hair is composed of this protein.
What is keratin?
This test can be performed on a fiber to determine its identity.
What is Fiber Burn Analysis?
Fingerprints form during this stage of development.
What is fetal development?
This log must travel with evidence and should reflect anyone that had contact with the evidence.
What is the Chain of Custody?
This is the one exception to altering a crime scene.
What are injured people that need attention?
According to the medullary index, animal hair will measure greater than this number.
What is 0.5?
These are three fiber weave patterns. (sketch each)
This is the most common fingerprint characteristic worldwide.
What is Loops?
These are the methods used for searching a crime scene.
What are Spiral, Grid, Line/Strip, and Quadrant?
This amendment, part of the Bill of Rights, ensures that a person will be tried b y an impartial jury of his/her peers.
What is the 6th amendment?
What is beard hair?
This is a place you cannot produce natural fibers.
What is a lab?
This is the automated fingerprint identification system.
What is AFIS?
This type of lighting can help investigators make this evidence visible for photography.
What is Oblique lighting?
This is a rule in criminal law that makes evidence that was derived from an illegal search, arrest or interrogation inadmissible.
What is the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine?