Arson
This is the term for the illegal act of deliberately setting fire to property.
What is arson?
The three general categories of blood spatter
What is passive, transfer, and projected?
What type of evidence includes fingerprints, footprints, and tire tread?
What is physical evidence?
What is Time of Death?
What is the time at which someone died?
What are drugs?
What is any chemical that affects the processes of the body or mind?
These three elements are required for a fire to ignite and continue burning, forming what is known as the fire triangle.
What are oxygen, fuel, and heat?
What are the eight possible blood types?
What is A+, A-, B+, B-, AB+, AB-, O+, O-
When collecting evidence from a crime scene, this is the first step to ensure that contamination is avoided.
What is securing the crime scene?
What are the three Mortises?
What is Algor mortis, Rigor mortis, and Livor mortis?
What is toxicology?
What is the study of the effects of chemicals, particularly on humans?
This is the typical pattern that fires create along their path, and variations in this shape can indicate different forces at work.
What is a V-shaped pattern, with variations that suggest how the fire moved or changed direction?
This test is commonly used at crime scenes to detect the possible presence of blood through a glowing reaction.
What is the Luminol test?
A forensics expert uses this type of tool to lift fingerprints from a surface.
What is a fingerprint powder or lifting tape?
What three things do autopsies determine?
What is Manner of Death, Cause of Death, and Mechanism of Death?
What is the controlled substance act?
What is the law of going against the abuse of drugs and other substances?
Fires that burn hotter and more quickly than expected may suggest the presence of this.
What is an accelerant?
This information can be determined by analyzing the shape, size, and distribution of bloodstains at a crime scene.
What are the positions of individuals involved, the type of weapon used, and whether the person ran or walked away?
This method of evidence collection involves using a small piece of cloth or paper to collect trace evidence like hair, fibers, or gunshot residue.
What is trace evidence?
What are the five manners of death?
What is Natural, Accidental, Suicidal, Homicide, and Undetermined?
How are drugs scheduled?
What is the medical use, potential for abuse, and potential for psychological or physical dependency?
A fire set to destroy evidence of another crime, like a murder or burglary, is known as this type of arson.
What is a concealment fire (or motive-based arson)?
This advanced forensic method is used to determine the direction and angle of individual blood drops, helping reconstruct events.
What is bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA)?
This method of forensic analysis involves examining the pattern of blood splatter at a crime scene to determine the type and direction of forces involved.
What is bloodstain pattern analysis?
What is Exsanguination?
What is the loss of blood that usually leads to death?
What are the types of drugs?
What is depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, narcotics, and steroids?