Forensic Science (Ch 1-2)
Across
- 2. evidence created when objects make contact, and material is transferred
- 4. direct evidence is also known as __ evidence
- 7. This type of reasoning is the logical approach of using observations and general ideas to come to a specific conclusion
- 9. indirect evidence is also known as __ evidence
- 11. process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions
- 12. largest crime lab
- 13. Every contact leaves a trace
- 14. system to identify people using body measurements
- 16. this ruling was created after a court case in 1993
- 20. able to prove something
- 21. stated the general acceptance rule of expert testimony
- 22. father of modern firearms identification
Down
- 1. found that fingerprints are unique due to minutiae
- 3. the study of science as it applies to the law
- 5. type of evidence that always involves a comparison
- 6. statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method
- 8. evidence that can be group together based on shared characteristics
- 10. developed the procedure for determining the blood group from dried bloodstains
- 15. addresses the issue of the crime
- 17. True or false: evidence must be probative and material
- 18. The Frye standards states that the ___ assumes responsibility for admissibility and validity of evidence
- 19. this crime lab investigates illicit drug activities