Whose fictional exploits excited the imagination of early forensic scientists?
Sherlock Holmes
Latent fingerprints
Invisible to the naked eye, this type of fingerprint must be revealed with powder or chemicals.
What is the name of the painter whose forgery empire was ruined by the wrong paint?
Wolfgang Beltracchi
Crime Scene
Investigators seal off this location with yellow tape to preserve evidence.
Who observed that the core principle for linking a suspect to a crime scene rests on the idea that every contact results in an exchange of evidence?
Edmund Locard
A single hair follicle or drop of saliva can yield this molecule's profile to identify a suspect.
DNA analysis
This chemical spray glows blue when it reacts with iron in haemoglobin, revealing even cleaned-up stains.
What is luminol?