Study sets matching "forensics 2"
Study sets
Classes
Users
alibi
primary crime scene
secondary crime scene
suspect
statement of where a suspect was at the time of the crime
original location of a crime or accident
an alternate location where additional evidence may be found
person thought capable of committing a crime
alibi
statement of where a suspect was at the time of the crime
primary crime scene
original location of a crime or accident
Chain of custody
Circumstantial evidence
Class evidence
Crime-scene investigation
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence. ... Sentence:…
(Indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prov…
Material that connects an individual or thing to a certain gro…
A multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal pro…
Chain of custody
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence. ... Sentence:…
Circumstantial evidence
(Indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prov…
Accomplice
Crime Scene
Motive
Investigation
a person who takes part in a crime
The location where a crime has been committed or any place tha…
something that causes a person to act; incentive
a procedure carried out to gather data about an object or event
Accomplice
a person who takes part in a crime
Crime Scene
The location where a crime has been committed or any place tha…
Crime Scene
Primary Crime Scene
Secondary Crime Scene
Suspect
The place where an offense has been committed and forensic evi…
Where the original location of the crime scene
Where the alternate location where additional evidence may be…
have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or trut…
Crime Scene
The place where an offense has been committed and forensic evi…
Primary Crime Scene
Where the original location of the crime scene
Expert Witness
Forensic Pathology
Forensic pathologist
Difference between medical examiner and…
Person with particular skill in trade or profession that aids…
Investigation of sudden unnatural Unexplained or violent death…
Investigate cause time and manner of death by conducting autop…
Medical examiner does the autopsy and is trained a coroner is…
Expert Witness
Person with particular skill in trade or profession that aids…
Forensic Pathology
Investigation of sudden unnatural Unexplained or violent death…
The goal of crime-scene investigation
Authorities must prove that a
Authorities must prove that the person…
Top 3 reasons for committing a crime
to recognize, document, and collect evidence at the scene of a…
crime occured
responsible
money revenge emotion
The goal of crime-scene investigation
to recognize, document, and collect evidence at the scene of a…
Authorities must prove that a
crime occured
evidence
probative value
individual evidence
indirect evidence
something that tends to establish or disprove a fact
the ability of evidence to prove something that is material to…
material that can be related to a single source
evidence providing only a basis for inference about the disput…
evidence
something that tends to establish or disprove a fact
probative value
the ability of evidence to prove something that is material to…
Ulnar loops
IAFIS
Lifting latent prints with powder
lifting latent prints with iodine
type of loop in print that opens toward the pinky
automated fingerprint identification system ... created by the FB…
adhere to both water and fatty deposits
fumes react with oils and fats to produce a temporary yellow-…
Ulnar loops
type of loop in print that opens toward the pinky
IAFIS
automated fingerprint identification system ... created by the FB…
Chain of custody
Circumstantial evidence
Class evidence
Crime-scene investigation
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence.... Sentence: C…
(Indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prov…
Material that connects an individual or thing to a certain gro…
A multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal pro…
Chain of custody
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence.... Sentence: C…
Circumstantial evidence
(Indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prov…
Which amendment protects against unreas…
how are guns packed? (fire and bloody)
spiral grid
line search grid
4th amendment
rigidly in a wooden or cardboard container to avoid scratches;…
a single piece of evidence is found outdoors
large areas indoors or outdoors
Which amendment protects against unreas…
4th amendment
how are guns packed? (fire and bloody)
rigidly in a wooden or cardboard container to avoid scratches;…
circumstantial evidence
4th amendment
photograph ranges at a crime scene
search patterns
can link someone to a crime but can't prove they did it
right to secure your house against unlawful searches
overview, midrange, close up
line/strip, grid, zone
circumstantial evidence
can link someone to a crime but can't prove they did it
4th amendment
right to secure your house against unlawful searches
radical cations
Accidental Whorl
Whorl
Loops
When a single electron is removed from a molecule to give an i…
more then two deltas, usually 3 with a central one underlining…
2 or more deltas
One delta
radical cations
When a single electron is removed from a molecule to give an i…
Accidental Whorl
more then two deltas, usually 3 with a central one underlining…
Five stages of decomposition
Autolysis
Putrefaction
Bloating
Autolysis ... Putrefaction ... Active decay ... Advanced decay... Skeleton…
Self-digestion in gut leads to escape of bacteria.
Hemoglobin is converted into sulfa hemoglobin which gives the…
Characterized by distinct shift in composition of cadaveric ba…
Five stages of decomposition
Autolysis ... Putrefaction ... Active decay ... Advanced decay... Skeleton…
Autolysis
Self-digestion in gut leads to escape of bacteria.
chain of custody
circumstantial evidence
class evidence
crime-scene investigation
the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prov…
material that connects and individual or thing to a certain gr…
a multidisciplinary approach in which scientific and legal pro…
chain of custody
the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
circumstantial evidence
(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prov…
Locard's Exchange
intensity, duration, nature of the crime
direct
circumstantial
This principle states that whenever 2 objects come in contact…
The three factors affect the amount of evidence transferred du…
Firsthand observations such as eyewitness account, videos, con…
Indirect evidence that can be used to imply a fact but does no…
Locard's Exchange
This principle states that whenever 2 objects come in contact…
intensity, duration, nature of the crime
The three factors affect the amount of evidence transferred du…
Gun death
Forensic firearms examination by firear…
*Handgun or pistols
*Long guns
Suicide is big cause. Twice as likely to die by gun in hand th…
1. Bullet identification and comparison. 2. Know gun ID and fu…
Designed to be held and fired with one hand. Single-shot, revo…
Designed to be fired while resting on the shoulder. Rifles and…
Gun death
Suicide is big cause. Twice as likely to die by gun in hand th…
Forensic firearms examination by firear…
1. Bullet identification and comparison. 2. Know gun ID and fu…
Hydrogen peroxide
Scars
10 weeks gestation
Plastic(least common)- on soft surfaces…
What can help visualize fades tattoos?
Which is least helpful for identification? Tattoos, scars, or…
When do human fingerprints first form?
What are the types of fingerprints found at crime scenes?
Hydrogen peroxide
What can help visualize fades tattoos?
Scars
Which is least helpful for identification? Tattoos, scars, or…
Anagen
Association
Catagen
Cortex
period of growth in the hair cycle, averaging 3-5 years
A link between an unknown sample and known evidence
Intermediate period of hair growth, lasting about 3 weeks
Middle layer of the hair shaft that provides strength; most of…
Anagen
period of growth in the hair cycle, averaging 3-5 years
Association
A link between an unknown sample and known evidence
Tempered glass
Radial fractures
Density gradient tube
Spectrophotometry
Glass that goes through a slow heating process to make the gla…
Fractures in glass that radiate from the impact point
A tune filled wih two different density liquids to determine t…
Used to identify toxins or poisons by wavelenghts
Tempered glass
Glass that goes through a slow heating process to make the gla…
Radial fractures
Fractures in glass that radiate from the impact point