Forensic Science Review 2024

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  1. 2. The impact of spilled blood on surfaces. The pattern of the impact can provide vital information about the source of the blood.
  2. 3. Any object that contains handwritten or typewritten markings whose source or authenticity are not known, but which is still relevant to the outcome of a legal proceeding.
  3. 8. The attempt by a perpetrator or accomplice to alter a crime scene in order to reduce its evidentiary value.
  4. 11. The FBI database that enables federal, state, and local crime labs to exchange and compare DNA profiles electronically.
  5. 13. A type of fingerprint made by deposits of oils and/or perspiration, not usually visible to the human eye.
  6. 16. A technique by which DNA fragments are placed in a gel and charged with electricity. The process separates the fragments by size, as part of the process of creating a genetic profile.
  7. 17. A networked, computer database of fired cartridge casing and bullet images for forensic laboratories.
  8. 18. The study of the anatomy, growth, and diseases of the teeth.
  9. 19. Term used to describe a death due to lack of oxygen.
  10. 20. The scientific study of insects.
  11. 21. The unique patterns created by skin ridges found on the palm sides of fingers and thumbs.
  12. 22. A tool used to aid investigators by providing information about the type of individual committing a specific crime.
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  1. 1. The science of motion projectiles.
  2. 4. The interpretation of size, shape, orientation, and distribution of bloodstains on various surfaces, and what information can be derived from the proper interpretation of the stains.
  3. 5. A short sequence of genetic information found outside of the cell nucleus in cells. It is passed only from mother to child.
  4. 6. Term used to describe blood that travels from a source due to the movement of that source.
  5. 7. Literally, the stiffness of death. Due to the depletion of ATP and the production of complexes between actin and myosin in muscles.
  6. 9. Anything that has been used, left, removed, altered, or contaminated during the commission of a crime.
  7. 10. Material deposited at a crime scene that can only be detected through a deliberate processing procedure.
  8. 12. Type of print in which an Impression of a person's fingers are left in a soft substance, such as wax, soap or putty.
  9. 14. From the Latin, Modus Operandi; Refers to method by which crimes are committed.
  10. 15. Classification of fingerprint found in approximately 5% of population.
  11. 22. The diameter of the bore of a rifled firearm, usually expressed in hundredths of an inch.