Across
- 2. a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
- 12. uses probabilities to calculate DNA profile frequencies, linking evidence to a suspect
- 13. general characteristics that define a category of items or objects, but are not alone sufficient to define individuality
- 14. uncontaminated surface material close to an area where physical evidence has been deposited
- 15. material of a verifiable/documented source which, when compared with evidence of an unknown source, shows an association or linkage between an offender, crime scene, and/or victim
- 16. a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is tested
- 18. the application of a broad spectrum of sciences and technologies to investigate and establish facts of interest in relation to criminal or civil law
- 21. a drawing made at the crime scene; not drawn to scale, but indicates accurate dimensions and distances
- 22. an analogy
- 23. available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
- 24. scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body
- 25. stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body after death
- 26. scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth
Down
- 1. a precise, often computer-aided draft, rendering of the crime scene, usually drawn to scale
- 3. witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about
- 4. characteristics of physical evidence that can be identified as coming from a particular person or source
- 5. means of proving a person's identity, esp. in the form of official papers
- 6. allowable
- 7. swab of inner cheek used for DNA tests
- 8. branch of science concerned with the nature, effects, and detection of poisons
- 9. the lowering of body temperature after death
- 10. settling of the blood in the lower (dependent) portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin
- 11. any material object introduced in a trial, intended to prove a fact in issue based on its demonstrable physical characteristics
- 17. a scientific laboratory, using primarily forensic science for the purpose of examining evidence from criminal cases
- 19. an impression, model, reenactment of a past event formed from available evidence
- 20. refers to the chronological documentation or paper trail, showing the seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or electronic evidence
- 24. postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease