Ballistics
This type of gun holds small, round pellets.
What is a shotgun?
The number of zones when analyzing handwriting.
What are 3 zones?
Hair consists of this protein.
What is keratin?
This is the time period directly after death.
What is the Postmortem Interval?
The three types of fingerprints.
What are arches, loops, and whorls?
This measures the diameter of a cartridge.
What is a caliber?
This handwriting characteristic analyzes heavy pressure.
What is shading?
This protein-rich structure is around the medulla.
What is the cortex?
The period when purple discoloration of the skin occurs.
What is livor?
The least common type of fingerprint.
What is an arch?
The name of the firearms database.
What is NIBIN or National Integrated Ballistics Information Network?
This type of slant determines that someone responds strongly to emotional situations.
What is a right slant?
The part of the hair contains DNA.
What is the root?
The period when the body cools after death.
What is algor?
The computerized system that classifies and stores fingerprints.
What is AFIS?
The name of a weapon that is capable of firing a projectile.
What is a firearm?
Compressed letters indicate this.
What is low self-esteem?
This fiber is man-made.
What is a synthetic fiber?
The period that begins within the first 4 hours after death.
What is rigor?
Name one type of ridge characteristic.
What is a core, ending ridge, short ridge, fork, delta, hook, eye, dot or island, crossover, bridge, enclosures, or specialty?
This type of gun holds 6 cartridges.
What is a revolver?
This is what a descending baseline means.
What is pessimism?
This is the structure where hair is produced.
What is a follicle?
One thing that could cause the body to go through the postmortem interval faster or slower.
What is temperature?
When the ridge structure changes.
What is minutiae points?