How is it collected?
Where can you find it?
At the scene of crime
What is the name of the job where you find hair and match it to criminals?
criminalist
What is the name of the tool used?
Comparison Microscope
Samples can be tested to determine ___, shape, and ____.
Color and chemical composition.
Hair can help you compare suspects to ___
Victims
At the scene of the crime...
hair and fiber samples are collected from the surrounding area.
In order to begin examining hair, you have to determine whether it is ___ or ____
Animal or Human
Using hair, victims and suspects can be matched what (place)?
crime scene
The microscope consists of two lights and ___ (fill in the blank)
Optical Bridge
What three characteristics about someone can hair tell you?
Age, Gender, Race
What are the samples of hair gathered in?
tubes and grip seal bags
400
What are three characteristics of facial hair mentioned in the slides?
Short, coarse, triangular cross section
What are the officers called that carry out hair from a crime scene? (SOCO)
Scene of Crime Officer
Hair has to be positioned on the ____ of the microscope
stage