Crime Scene | Anthropology/ Entomology | Firearms | Documents | Fingerprint/DNA |
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Not unique to a particular object but placed the particular bit of evidence into a specific group of objects.
What is Class Evidence
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The study of insects and other arthropods to aid in legal investigations.
What is the definition of Entomology
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bullet, cartridge, propellent, rim, primer
What are the five parts of a bullet
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Who plays the lead role in the movie Catch Me if You Can
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False: it started in 1858.
True or false: The use of DNA as a Forensics tool began in the 1970s
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A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing.
What is individual evidence
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Stoppage
What is the first major stage of death
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Yaw
What is it called when a bullet changes trajectory in mid flight
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1. no two people have identical handwriting
2. by adulthood it is exclusive to an individual 3. even disguised handwriting will exhibit some of the individuals characteristics
What are the three principles of handwriting analysis
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Deoxyribonucleic acid
What does DNA stand for
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Dr. Edmund Locard formulated the basic principle of forensic science ¨every contact leaves a trace¨
What is the Locard Exchange Principle
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The pelvic bone of a female is wider than a male.
What is one way to distinguish between a male and female through bones
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Rifling in the gun
What creates land and grooves
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Mark Hoffman
Who was the man who forged all the documents
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White blood cells
Which type of blood cells contain DNA
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Fibers, hair, soil, wood, gunshot residue, pollen...are only a few examples of trace evidence that may be transferred between people, objects ,or the environment during a crime.
What is Trace evidence
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Pupa
What is the stage before an adult in a blowflies life cycle
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Firing two rounds at the rate of one
What is doubling
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He ripped off the backpages of old books and dissolved it into his ink
How did Mark Hoffman make his ink seem older than it actually was
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Loops (Radial/Ulnar)
What is the most common type of fingerprint
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A blood stain pattern created when blood is released or thrown from a blood bearing object in motion.
What is Castoff
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Strangulation/ deliberate compression of neck.
What can broken hyoid bone indicate
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False, it is smokeless gun powder
True or False: does black gunpowder burn
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Bankrupt
Mystery Card
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They are locations on the chromosome that repeat a specific sequence of two to ten base pairs.
What are STRs
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