Crime Scene Basics
Alternate locations where additional evidence has been found
Secondary crime scene
You have the same fingerprints as your twin sister. True or false?
False
This is created when one object is pressed against another material with enough force to leave a negative copy of the object.
Impression
This is the most common type of natural fabric evidence
Cotton
Hair is made out of this type of protien, the same found in fingernails
Keratin
Statement of where a suspect was at the time of a crime.
Alibi
These are the 3 classes of fingerprints
Arch, loop, whorl
List 2 types of examples of impression evidence.
Shoeprints
Tool marks
Tire tracks
Bite marks
Fingerprints
Ballistics focuses on this type of evidence
Guns, bullets, projectiles
This type of hair can also be classified as a fiber
These are the three types of evidence?
Testimonial, physical and trace evidence
These patterns allow for humans to grasp objects with their fingers
Ridge
This type of material is used in making a cast of an impression
Plaster of Paris
This type of evidence transfers from one car to another in a hit and run accident
Paint
This type of ancestry mainly black hair, straight, and round cross-sections
Mongoloid
Who is typically the FIRST to arrive at the scene of a crime?
Police officers.
Two types of Arches
Plain Arch and Tented Arch
Ridges or striations left on the surface as a tool moves across the surface
Scratches
Evidence collected off of a car' exterior to give clues about where the suspect has visited
Dust, dirt, mud, sand
The smallest unit of a textile material that has a length many times greater than the diameter.
Fiber
What is the first step when entering a fresh crime scene?
Secure the crime scene
The study of fingerprints
Dactylography
Bite marks on an apple are this type of Impression evidence
Plastic
Evidence that is given by a human in the form of spoken or written word or video
Witness
This forensic law states that whenever two objects come in contact, a transfer of material occurs
Locard's Exchange