Physical evidence is analyzed using this problem solving series of steps.
What is the scientific method?
200
Blood typing
Who is Karl Lansteiner?
200
A discharged bullet would go to this department
What is ballistics or firearms unit?
200
Arrive within 10 minutes of death
What are blow flies and flesh flies?
200
3 Methods for recording a crime scene
What are:
1)photography
2)notetaking
3) sketching
200
Besides the crime scene, evidence can come from here.
What is the autopsy room or the victim’s body.
300
DNA profiling test
Who is Sir Alec Jeffreys?
300
Analyzes bite marks
What is odontology unit or forensic odontology?
300
Third stage of fly life cycle
What is pupae?
300
Must not be moved until photographed from all necessary angles.
What is physical evidence?
300
This is done to moist or wet evidence prior to packaging
What is drying?
400
Fingerprints for identification
Who is Francis Henry Galton?
400
4 Federal Crime labs
What are:
1) FBI crime lab
2) DEA
3) ATF
4) U.S. Postal Inspection Service
400
Where eggs are first laid
What are the natural openings?
400
Precise sketch drawn to scale
What is the final sketch?
400
List of people who came into possession of an item of evidence.
What is chain of custody?
500
When 2 objects come into contact with each other, there’s a transfer of material
What is Locard's Principle by Edmond Locard?
500
3 reasons for the increase of crime labs
What is:
1)1960’s – Supreme Court wanted police to put greater emphasis on scientifically evaluated evidence
2)Increase in crime rates in US over past 40 years.
3) DNA profiling is useful in many cases
500
Slows down development
What is arsenic, glycosides, or colder temperatures?
500
Determines the boundaries of crime scene
What is the lead investigator?
500
This person decides if evidence is acceptable in court