The application of a scientific discipline to the legal field.
What is forensic science?
100
Trace Evidence used to solve the Atlanta Child Murders case.
What is fiber?
100
Database containing comparative samples of bullet striations and cartridge cases.
What is the Integrated Ballistics Identification System?
100
Nucleus and mitochondria
Where can you find DNA in a cell?
100
The purpose of this object.
What is a photo evidence marker?
200
a scientist that is called upon to testify in court about a subject in which they specialize
What is an expert witness?
200
protective outer coating of hair made up of overlapping scales.
What is the cuticle?
200
The study of projectiles in motion
What is ballistics?
200
DNA inherited through the maternal line.
What is mitochondrial DNA?
200
The person charged with ensuring the victim is safe, securing the scene, take notes and walk through crime scene.
What is a first responder.
300
This is maintained by a record of the people and places that evidence has been, as well as any tests run on it from the time it is collected at the crime scene until it is presented in court.
What is the chain of custody?
300
Cotton and silk are examples of these.
What is a natural fiber?
300
The shape and pattern of lands and grooves on a bullet or gun barrel.
What is rifling?
300
CODIS
What is the Combined DNA Index System?
300
Every instance where there is contact between people and/or objects will result in evidence of that exchange.
What is Locard's Exchange Principle?
400
Unrealistic expectations about what forensic scientists can do as a result of media.
What is the CSI Effect?
400
Element of hair structure that can be used to determine human vs. non-human when placed into an index equation.
What is medulla?
400
A type of gun that cannot be measured by caliber.
What is a shotgun?
400
When DNA analysis of a crime scene sample that has no suspects matches someone already in the database.
What is a cold hit?
400
Law that dictates what a first responder can and cannot do.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
500
The way criminals were identified before forensic science.
What is eyewitness identification?
500
Type of evidence used to help convict the Green River Killer.
What is paint analysis?
500
Evidence of a close contact shot.
What is gunshot residue?
500
Technique most commonly used for DNA analysis today.
What is STR (short tandem repeats)?
500
Latin term meaning there must be proof that a crime was committed before a person can be accused of committing it.