History
Developed a primary classification scheme based on loops, whorls, and arches
Francis Galton
The person who transports the body
Coroner
The outermost layer of the skin
Epidermis
Natural Fibers come from...
Animals, Plants, and Minerals
True or False
Identical Twins have the same fingerprints
False
The study of fingerprints
Dactyloscopy
Study material, devices, structures, and products
Forensic Engineer
Type of evidence is hair with a root
Individual (Trace), Indirect (Biological)
A fabric made up of more than two fibers
Blend
Computer system for storing and retrieving fingerprint records
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
Required Indians to put their fingerprints on contracts, and used fingerprints as a means
Sir William James Herschel
Identifies drugs and poison in the body
Forensic Toxologist
Medullary index of human hair
< 0.25 or 0
Difference between regenerated fiber and synthetic fiber
Regenerated fibers are made from natural materials and Synthetic fibers are made of modified natural fibers
Difference between plain arch and tented arch
Plain arch ridges enter one side and exist on the other, Tented arch are similar to plain arch with a spike in the center
Invented the marsh test, which is used to detect arsenic
James Marsh
Specially trained dentists to identify remains and trace
Forensic Odontologist
(Hint: Ancestry)
Asian
Three basic weave patterns
Plain, Twill, Satin
Radial- Opens towards ____
Ulnar- Opens towards ____
Thumb, Pinky
The father of criminalistics
Edmond Locard
Studies fossilized fungi sores and plant pollen
Forensic Palyntologist
Life cycle of hair
(Hint: 3 Stages)
1. Anagen State
2. Catagen State
3. Telogen State
Characteristics of ________
- open and porous weave
- does not wrinkle
- not very durable
Basket Weave
The small, minor ridges on a fingerprint
Minutiae