History
Serology
Fingerprints
Controlled Substances
Case Studies
100
Solved the first case using entomology (think flies and sickles)
Who is Sung T'zu?
100
Aspect of blood containing DNA.
What is a white blood cell?
100
Arches, Loops and Whorls
What are the major categories of fingerprint types?
100
Substances taken to alter one's state of mind or consciousness.
What is a hallucinogen?
100
Wayne Williams.
Who is the Atlanta Child Murderer?
200
the first fingerprint classification system.
What is the Henry system?
200
Phenolphthalin
What is a presumptive blood test?
200
AFIS
What is the Automated Fingerprint Identification System?
200
The classification system used for controlled substances by the DEA.
What are Schedules?
200
Gary Ridgeway
Who is the Green River Killer?
300
First US case solved with bullet comparsion.
What is the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
300
The action of blood cells clumping together as the result of a matching antigen and antibody.
What is agglutination?
300
The type of fingerprint created when fingers touch a softer material (like putty).
What is a plastic print?
300
Type of test that relies on unique crystallized shapes.
What is a confirmatory test?
300
Case solved with fiber and hair analysis.
What is the Ipswich serial killer case?
400
Used to solve the mystery of Anastasia.
What is DNA analysis?
400
Bloodstain pattern that is the result of exhaling.
What is an expirated bloodstain?
400
The name for a fingerprint ridge that has split into two ridges.
What is a bifurcation?
400
The most common poison found in forensic toxicology cases.
What is arsenic?
400
Solved with the help of forensic toolmark analysis.
What is the Zahra Baker case?
500
Subject of the first autopsy
Who is Julius Caesar?
500
Impression pattern caused by an object moving through blood.
What is a wipe?
500
The area of the skin that determines a fingerprint pattern.
What is the dermal papillae?
500
private, hidden and often small-scale labs used to manufacture controlled substances.
What is a clandestine lab?
500
the first person on death row that was exonerated using DNA evidence.
Who is Kirk Bloodsworth?