Definitions
Define Forensics
The application of science to law
Invisible fingerprints that appear on a piece of paper or check are known as?
Latent prints
This included on a crime scene sketch
What is the location of the scene, the case number, An arrow and "N" indicating north, the scale
An important tool used trace evidence analysis. Hint it is used to see very small specimen
What is a microscope
The scientific name for fingerprint
Dactylogram
The fingerprint pattern that enters on one side and exits on the other sie
What is an arch?
What chemical can be used to devlop fingerprints off of a piece of paper?
Ninhydrin
How a crime scene technician package a bloody shirt
What is in a paper bag
Fingerprints are this type of evidence
What is individual?
Ms. Atkinson's favorite fingerprint pattern
double loop whorl
The layer where new skin cells form
What is the basal layer
The study of ridge characteristics
What is ridgeology?
Fingerprints on a non porous surface should be analyzed using this method
What is super glue method?
This piece of evidence an investigator could use to determine most precisely who the suspect of a crime is if two identical twins are in question
What are Fingerprint
The occurrence of arches in the population
5%
The main system used by the FBI and other organizations today to find a match to a latent fingerprint
What is AFIS
The ridge characteristic that forks
What is bifurcation
The first S of crime scene investigation
What is Secure the scene
Very tiny pieces of evidence that can be transferred from one location to another are known as
What is trace evidence?
A video tape of something committing a crime is known as
What is direct evidence?
When detectives explain that contact with another person, place, or object results in an exchange of physical materials, what principal are they describing?
Locard's principal
The three main types of fingerprints
What are Loop, whorl, arch
The first job of the first responder
What is Provide emergency care aka safety
The difference between individual and class evidence
What is Individual- Material that is used to make a direct id of a person Class- Material that is used to connect an object or person to a group
Name one type of biological evdience
What is.......blood, salvia, body fluids, soil, pollen etc