The Law & Evidence
Fingerprints
Hair
Fibers
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100

Anything that can be used to prove/disprove a fact

evidence

100
List the fingerprint patterns from LEAST to MOST common

Arch,Whorl,Loop

100

What are the 3 main parts of a hair AND list them in order from the most inner layer to outermost layer

Medulla,Cortex,Cuticle 

100

what are the 2 main types of fibers?

Natural & Synthetic

100

What sport is the only game to be played on the moon?

Golf!

200

Level of proof in a criminal court to prove the defendant is guilty

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

200

Assuming this is the RIGHT hand. What type of fingerpint is this?

radial loop

200

What medulla pattern is shown below?

Continuous

200

What are the 3 types of weave patterns?

Plain,Twill,Satin

200

Which astronomer is called out in the song "Bohemian Rhapsody"?

Galileo
300

What does the 4th Amendment protect U.S. citizens from?

Unlawful search & seizure

300

Assuming this is the RIGHT hand, what type of pattern is this?


double loop whorl

300

what are two ways you can tell between human & animal hair WITHOUT dna testing?

Look at the medullary index

Look at the cuticle pattern

Look at the cortex pigment (darker to light or lighter on outside and darker in middle)

300

what are the 3 sources of natural fibers?

Mineral,plant, & animal

300

What U.S. international airport was deemed the busiest in the world?

Atlanta airport

flies more than 100 million people a YEAR

400

The crime scene search method that is used most effectively inside buildings

zone/quadrant method

400

________ have 0 deltas & 0 cores

________ have 1 delta & 1 core

_________ have 2 deltas & 1 core

Arch

Loop

Whorl

400

What type of cuticle pattern is this?

imbricate

400

What was the word for the strand of fibers that go UP and DOWN

What about the word for the strand of fibers that go RIGHT to LEFT

Warp

Weft

400

The girls in the movie "Grease" are members of what group?

The Pink Ladies

500

What were the 5 specific types of physical evidence? Hint:P-TACT


Pattern: Blood spatter

Transfer: GSR 

Associative: Fingerprints found at crime scene

Conditional: Smoke/Fire

Transient: Odors/Smell and temperatures

500

the study of fingerprints is called

dactyloscopy

500

Where is pigment (color) contained in the hair?

Cortex

500

what is chromatography?

the seperation of something (dye) into its component parts (the different colors to make up that dye)

500

What year did Facebook first launch?

2004

600

List the 7S's when investigating a crime scene (does not have to be in order)

Search

Sketch

Save (& Collect)

Secure

See (to it that everything is documented),

Seperate Witnesses

Scan the scene

600

How many points of similarity are REQUIRED to match a print in the U.S.?

ZERO

600

Observe and give me 2 details about this hair follicle. If you tell me animal/human- how did you know?


Human Hair (absent medulla)

Hair was naturally shed

Only Mitochondrial DNA can be used


600

List 2 methods of testing when we are identifying fibers

Chromatography

Burn Test 

Solubility (acid) test

Microscopic comparison


600

before embarking on her solo career, Queen B(eyonce) was part of what R&B group?

Destiny's Child