Crime Scene Processing
The 1st of the Seven steps of Crime Scene Processing, it keeps things safe.
What is Securing the Scene.
The three general classifications of fingerprints
What are Arches, Loops & Whorls.
These would be the two main classifications of blood stains.
Spatter Stains & Transfer Stains
The only types of people who would have "identical" DNA
Identical Twins
This is the name of the force that pulls objects towards the center of the earth.
What is Gravity
The thing we are trying to do with our photographs, its a lot easier than writing a book.
What is, Tell a story
The type of powder you would use on a white vehicle
Black Powder
An investigator located 5 cast off patterns on the ceiling of the crime scene, how many times was the victim struck?
A minimum of 6
This person developed the 1st classification system for fingerprints in 1900
Sir Edward Henry
This is the name of the process in which plants convert sunlight into energy.
What is photosynthesis
These two things always need to be on your field sketch, regardless of how bad your drawing is.
NTS (Not to Scale) & North indicator
The chemical Ninhydrin is used to locate fingerprints on paper products. The chemical reaction causes the fingerprints to turn this color.
What is purple.
The pattern that results from a blood bearing surface transferring blood onto another surface
Swipe
This term refers to evidence that may be lost or destroyed if not dealt with immediately
Fugitive Evidence
The largest organ of the human body
What is skin
The two techniques used to measure your crime scene and evidence.
Baseline Coordinate & Triangulation
Prior to fingerprints this was the main method used to identify individuals, Just ask Will West how well it worked.
Bertillion Measurements
This type of blood stain can assist investigators with determining the movements of an individual throughout the scene.
What is a Drip stain or Drip trail.
The name of the small circular object on the bottom of a unit of ammunition that initiates the deflagration process
Primer
The chemical symbol for gold
What is Au
This is the name of a fixed point, that generally can be located on a blueprint somewhere. Its where all of your measurements are taken from.
Reference Point
This type of fingerprint enters the finger from the Ulnar side of the wrist and exits out the Radial side.
Arch
The name given to an object that proves that an impact had to occur below a certain point.
Limiting Angle
The name of the process that begins in the human body immediately after death that causes the muscles to stiffen and become rigid
Rigor Mortis
The assistant to the worlds greatest detective Sherlock Holmes
Who is Dr John Watson