Evidence
An adhesive used to lift trace evidence from a crime scene or object.
What is tape?
A branch of forensic science that focuses on the interpretation of bloodstains at a crime scene in order to recreate the circumstances.
What is blood splatter analysis?
Specialized law enforcement who use police dogs to assist at crime scenes. They are useful in drug detection, cadaver location, pursuit and apprehension of suspects, and explosive identification.
Who is a K-9 officer?
A device used to break substances into smaller fragments for proper testing.
What is a blender?
An act that is forbidden by law.
What is a crime?
Any object or specimen that contributes valuable information at a crime scene such as blood, hair, clothing fibers.
What is physical evidence?
A branch of forensic science that focuses on the method for analyzing unknown mixtures by separating them into the individual chemicals from which they are made.
What is chromatography?
A forensic scientist who works to educate the next generation and help students build knowledge of forensic science guided by scientific principles.
Who is a professor of forensic science?
A powder mixed with water to replicate impressions left at a crime scene.
What is plaster?
A type of fingerprint only made visible when forensically developed. Cannot typically be seen directly.
What is a latent fingerprint?
A mark made by the outside surface of the sole of a shoe and reveals distinctive patterns.
What is a shoeprint impression?
A branch of forensic science that focuses on the examination of evidence relating to projectiles and firearms at a crime scene.
What is firearm examination or ballistics?
Specialized law enforcement that analyzes flame patterns, residues, and accelerants at fire-related incidents.
Who is an arson investigator?
Preserving an objective and accurate look at the crime scene, allowing investigators to analyze it again at a later date.
What is a photo documentation?
A person thought to be capable of committing a crime.
Who is a suspect?
Ridge characteristics left behind on surfaces in the form of oily residue or impressions.
What are fingerprints?
A branch of forensic science that focuses on the identification and quantification of controlled substances.
What is drug analysis?
A person who examines bodies and performs autopsies to determine the time and cause of death.
Who is a medical examiner or coroner?
A substance used to enhance fingerprints at particular light wavelengths.
What is luminal spray?
A pattern within a fingerprint in which the ridge makes at least one complete circuit or circle.
What is a whorl?
Made from long filaments (synthetic or natural) which vary in uniformity depending on how they are manufactured.
What are fibers?
A branch of forensic science that focuses on the comparison of writing samples to determine whether or not they were written by the same person or are forgeries.
What is handwriting analysis?
Specialized law enforcement who secures and protects nonhuman participants in a crime scene.
Who is an animal control officer?
Uses ultraviolet lights to reveal regularly undetectable materials such as bodily fluids.
What is an alternate light source or blacklight?
An unsolved case which is still open but is no longer being actively investigated.
What is a cold case?
The unburned powder propelled from a firearm when a bullet is fired. It will often be found on the clothing or skin of the perpetrator or victim.
What is gunshot residue?
A branch of forensic science that focuses on the comparison of bruising and indentations on the skin to that of the dental records of a suspect.
What is bite mark analysis?
A person who helps law enforcement officials by creating drawings or 3D models of potential suspects, missing persons and crime victims.
Who is a forensic artist?
When an unknown substance is mixed with a chemical reagent in order to produce an identifying color change.
What is a preliminary color test?
The medical dissection and examination of a body to determine the cause of death.
What is an autopsy?