Across
- 2. DNA from a crime scene matching a person is _____ in court because it is considered valid evidence.
- 4. ____ is the stiffening of the body after death.
- 5. _______ is a science that examines laws for admissibility of evidence.
- 8. _____ is evidence that is found in the crime scene and is an object.
- 9. ______ is a second person associated with committing a crime.
- 10. A draft drawing of all the essential information and measurements.
- 13. ______ analyzes, compares, identifies and interprets physical evidence.
- 14. ____ is an examination of a dead body in order to figure out its cause.
- 16. A precise drawing of the crime scene.
- 18. "I was on a date with my girlfriend from 6pm to 8pm" would be called an ____ in a criminal case.
- 19. Is also referred to as hypostasis, dependent lividity, and postmortem lividity.
- 20. This is a log that keeps track of everything that happens to a piece of evidence during a criminal case.
- 25. A fingerprint on the murder weapon is an example of ______ ______?
- 27. A person who is practiced in a certain field of work that, because of that knowledge is allowed to testify in a trial.
- 30. Is a ____ between a known reference sample and a test sample.
- 32. The use of science to help solve a criminal investigation.
- 33. Deals with teeth, there records, diseases, markings and identification.
- 35. _____ is a way of recreating the sequence of events leading to the crime by using deductive and inductive reasoning with the evidence provided.
- 36. Evidence that is found at a crime scene in small but measurable amounts is referred to as ______.
Down
- 1. ______ is a method that compares anamnestic evidence obtained by investigators from observable physical evidence.
- 3. The second stage of death.
- 6. A classification of a particular piece of evidence into a group of objects.
- 7. ______ states that one must first determine the probability of each characteristics occurring separately, then multiply together the frequences of all independently occurring characteristics.
- 11. A scientific laboratory that is made for the purpose of examining physical evidence for criminal cases.
- 12. _______ ______ analyzes documents and related materials like ink, paper, etc.
- 15. A material that is a verifiable source that shows a connection between the offender, the crime scene and the victim, when compared with an unknown source of evidence.
- 17. Information or objects that may be admitted to court for a case.
- 21. An uncontaminated surface material that was taken close to an area where physical evidence has been deposited, is a _______.
- 22. Someone who is thought to be capable of committing a crime.
- 23. ______ ______ is a science that applies principles of engineering to resolve legal issues, mostly civil laws.
- 24. The use of forensics science, and technology to identify specific objects from the trace evidence they leave.
- 26. _______ is the study of human measurements and proportions, in order to understand human physical differences and identifications.
- 28. _______ deals with issues of human behavior and mental illness as they relate to law.
- 29. ______ is a science that focuses on the measurement and analysis of potential toxins, intoxicating or banned substances, and prescription medications present a someone body.
- 31. What collects DNA from cells on the inside of a cheek?
- 34. A _____ is someone who sees a crime or accident happen.