Pioneers
This scientist developed the principle that every contact leaves a trace.
Who is Edmond Locard?
This long-running CBS series follows a team of crime scene investigators in Las Vegas.
What is CSI: Crime Scene Investigation?
This former football star was acquitted in a highly publicized 1995 murder trial involving Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Who is O. J. Simpson?
This forensic field studies insects on a body to help estimate time of death.
What is forensic entomology?
This type of evidence includes hair, fibers, and glass fragments.
What is trace evidence?
Often called the “father of forensic pathology,” he wrote the first systematic book on the subject.
Who is Mathieu Orfila?
This FOX series centers on forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan solving crimes with the FBI.
What is Bones?
This unidentified serial killer in Northern California taunted police with coded messages sent to newspapers.
Who is the Zodiac Killer?
This marsupial has ridge patterns—loops and whorls—nearly identical to human fingerprints.
What is a Koala?
This forensic technique uses unique ridge patterns on fingers to identify individuals.
What are fingerprints?
This British scientist developed the first system for classifying fingerprints.
Who is Francis Galton?
Michael C. Hall stars as a blood-spatter analyst who leads a secret double life as a vigilante killer in this show.
What is Dexter?
This infamous 1892 case involved a woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in Massachusetts.
Who is Lizzie Borden?
These epidermal structures, critical in forensic identification, also function to amplify tactile input.
What are friction ridges?
This ___ term refers to the study of poisons and their effects on the human body, often used in suspicious death investigations.
What is toxicology?
This investigator helped establish forensic ballistics and developed techniques to match bullets to guns.
Who is Calvin Goddard?
This long-running NBC series often features forensic evidence analyzed by its Special Victims Unit detectives in New York City.
What is Law & Order: Special Victims Unit?
This 1989 case of five teenagers wrongfully convicted in New York City became a landmark example of the role of DNA evidence in overturning convictions.
Who are the Central Park Five?
What was the first year criminal fingerprint identification was made?
What is 1892?
This scientific tool separates substances in a mixture, often used to analyze inks or drugs, using Gas
What is Gas chromatography?
This Austrian scientist discovered blood groups (A, B, AB, O), crucial for forensic serology.
Who is Karl Landsteiner?
This CBS series focuses on an elite team of profilers who use behavioral analysis—not just physical evidence—to catch criminals.
What is Criminal Minds?
This British doctor was convicted in 2000 of murdering numerous patients, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in history.
Who is Harold Shipman?
In forensic investigations, this material is valuable because its wide variety of shapes, colors, and compositions can make it highly individualizing.
What is glitter?
This database used by law enforcement stores DNA profiles to help solve crimes.
What is CODIS?