Identification
What branch of forensics includes collecting, preserving, and analyzing physical evidence from a crime scene?
Criminalistics unit
To prevent contamination from scene to scene what must be changed between every crime scene or samples?
Gloves
The stiffening of the muscles in a victims body
Rigor mortis
What bodily fluid is commonly tested for DNA at crime scenes?
Blood
Premiering in 2002 what spin off of CSI focuses on the crime and forensic science on the beaches and crime scene of south Florida.
CSI Miami
What forensic tool is used to help investigators detect bodily fluids, fibers, and other trace evidence that are not visible under normal lighting?
Alternate light source
How should a crime scene technician package a bloody shirt?
In a paper bag
What organs contents can help estimate a persons last meal and time of death.
The stomach
What government maintained database stores DNA profiles from convicted offenders and crime scenes?
CODIS
Before removing a piece of evidence from a crime scene, what must investigators do to ensure its original condition and location are recorded?
Photograph
What type of fingerprint refers to the disposition of naturally occurring oils which generally require enhancement because they are invisible to the naked eye?
Latent prints
What is crucial for tracking the handling and transferring of evidence?
Chain of custody
Three main types of fingerprints are?
loop, whorl, arch
What principle states that contact with one object will always exchange physical materials with one another?
Locards Exchange Principle
In what television program does a brilliant but socially awkward forensic anthropologist team up with an FBI agent to solve murders using skeletal remains.
Bones
What term refers to the blood that has been smeared by an unstained object after the initial spatter?
Wipe
A druggist fold
What field of forensic science identifies remains based on skeletal structures?
Forensic anthropology
Which crime is LEAST likely to be solved using trace evidence? B&E, hit and run, bombing
bombing
What is the name of the science of identifying individuals through their teeth, often used in mass disaster or unidentified remains cases?
Forensic odontology
What forensic technique compares specific regions of DNA to uniquely identified individuals?
DNA profiling
If a firearm is found underwater it should be transported in what to preserve potential evidence?
The same water it was found in
What organ is typically examined first during an autopsy because it is centrally located and can provide evidence of trauma or disease?
The heart
What biological material often found at crime scenes contains a persons unique genetic code and is often collected from blood, saliva, or hair?
DNA
Originally airing in 1996 under the title "Medical Detectives" what long running series was one of the first to bring real life forensic science to living rooms across America.