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- 6. The legal power or authority a court or agency has to make decisions or handle certain cases in a specific area.
- 8. Conversations with witnesses, victims, and even a potential suspect that are used to obtain information.
- 10. Tiny scratch marks left on a bullet that show the unique pattern of the gun barrel it was fired from.
- 14. Commonly, but not exclusively, seen in burglaries.
- 15. The improper transfer of material between two or more sources of physical evidence.
- 16. The diameter of a gun barrel interior between its opposing high sides (the lands).
- 17. A condition in which an officer has suspicion about an individual and knowledge of facts and circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to believe that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be, committed.
- 18. The study of how bullets or other objects move through the air after being fired.
- 19. Provides a genomic-based, probabilistic estimation of the image of a person of interest.
- 21. A technique used to record measurements for crime scene sketches, measuring the location of the evidence (X, Y) from fixed points (A, B)
- 25. A Latin term meaning “guilty mind”; it refers to the intent or knowledge of wrongdoing when someone commits a crime.
- 28. Fingerprints created when friction ridges deposit body perspiration and oil on surfaces they touch; typically invisible to the naked eye.
- 29. The process of looking for evidence of a crime.
- 30. It’s the study of family history; finding out who your ancestors are and how you’re related.
- 31. The identification of individuals based on the pattern of wrinkles on their lips, which has individual characteristics.
- 32. The diameter of a bullet; somewhat larger than the bore of the weapon from which the bullet is fired.
- 34. The preferred method of effecting an arrest.
- 37. In a firearm’s rifled bore, the low cuts that separate the higher lands.
- 39. The time after death.
- 40. Evidence that is extremely small or microscopic in size or is present only in limited amounts.
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- 1. An exception to the requirement that law enforcement officers have a search warrant; occurs when there is a compelling need for official action and there is no time to get a warrant.
- 2. Two-dimensional impressions, having a length and width and lacking any appreciable height.
- 3. The title of clauses appearing in both the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
- 4. The alignment of the edges of two items of evidence, thereby showing that both items were previously joined together.
- 5. Whether an individual’s actions, decisions, or statements were made freely and by their choice.
- 7. Provides that evidence obtained from an unreasonable search and seizure cannot be used as the basis for learning about or collecting new admissible evidence not known about before.
- 9. A detailed list of items or evidence that have been collected, stored, or taken during an investigation.
- 11. A limited pat down of the outer clothing of a person encountered by a law enforcement officer when the person is acting suspiciously, and the officer, concerned about safety, seeks to determine if the person has a weapon.
- 12. The right of law enforcement officers to search people who have been arrested without a warrant.
- 13. The long metal tube of a gun that the bullet travels through when it’s fired.
- 20. The witnessed, unbroken, written chronological record of everyone who had an item of evidence, and when each person had it; also accounts for any changes in the evidence.
- 22. The formal questioning of a suspect to obtain information and are therefore inherently adversarial in nature.
- 23. A specialty that relates dental evidence to criminal investigation.
- 24. Can be created by shoes and tires.
- 26. The pattern of blood drops or stains that shows how and where an injury or violent act happened.
- 27. When law enforcement takes property or evidence because they believe it’s connected to a crime.
- 33. The study and comparison of fingerprints as a means of criminal identification.
- 35. A complete unit of ammunition; it includes the bullet, gunpowder, casing, and primer all in one package.
- 36. Wounds inflicted by blunt objects such as clubs, pipes, and pistols; typically open and irregularly shaped, bruised around the edges, and bleeding freely.
- 38. The process of taking a person into legal custody to answer a criminal charge.