Intro To Forensics
The measurement system used to identify people until fingerprints replaced it
Bertillon System
Evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly
Circumstantial Evidence
Club-shaped structure in the skin from which hair is produced
Follicle
Invisible to the naked eye, only revealed through powder or fogging.
Latent Prints
A, B, O, AB
Use dental marks for the identification of corpses
Odontology
small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene
Trace Evidence
The central core of the hair
Medulla
The most common fingerprint pattern.
Loop
Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
Arteries
Identify the cause of drug overs doses or poisonings
Toxicology
Class or Individual: Shoeprint
Class
While getting dressed, you dropped your shirt on the floor and picked up dog hair. When you arrived at school and sat in your desk chair, you transferred some of that dog hair to the chair. This is an example of what?
Secondary Transfer
Contains approximately 50 million fingerprint records.
AFIS
Small secondary droplets around the main blood spatter drop are called:
Satellites
Published Sherlock Holmes stories
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The first S of CSI
Secure the Scene
The part of hair which can be analyzed for DNA
Follicular Tag
Have ridges that enter from one side of the fingerprint and leave from the other side with a rise in the center.
Arch
The location of blood production
Bone Marrow
Investigate accidents dealing with transportation, structure collapses, and product liability
Engineering
What are: Spiral, Grid, Linear, Quadrant/Zone
Microscope that uses light to indicate the presence of dyes
Fluorescence
Impression fingerprints, found in plato or wax
Plastic
Useful for locating trace blood evidence at the cost of destroying it.
Luminol