Across
- 3. First act in criminal proceeding
- 6. a fabric woven in the a distinctive pattern
- 8. Modus operandi
- 10. a single strand of a material
- 12. Public enemy number one in early 1930’
- 13. Father of modern forensics
- 15. triangular area found in all loop and whorl patterns
- 16. there is always a cross transfer of evidence between suspect and victim
- 23. an imprint made by ridge patterns on the tip of the finger
- 24. evidence that can be related to a single source
- 25. body of law made up of judicial opinions
- 26. the lengthwise yarn or thread in a weave
- 27. anything that tends to establish or disprove a fact
- 28. written record of all people who had possession of evidence
- 29. legislative acts declaring,commanding,or prohibiting something
- 30. examination of physical evidence
Down
- 1. A cloth material made up of fibers woven or bonded together in a certain manner
- 2. evidence said in court by a competent witness
- 4. irregularly shaped air space in the cortex
- 5. a molecule consisting of many identical repeating units
- 7. fingerprint pattern with one or more ridges entering from one side
- 9. Fibers have _________ because they can create connections or associations.
- 11. Animal hairs show a wide variety of _____ patterns
- 14. First officer at the scene determines the _____ of the crime
- 17. evidence based on suggetion rather than observation
- 18. anywhere evidence may be located to help explain events
- 19. least common and simplest fingerprint pattern
- 20. tangible items
- 21. tough protein polymer made up of about 20 different amino acids
- 22. form and structure
- 23. usually made up of many filaments twisted or bonded together to form a thread or yarn
- 30. One of first cases where no body was found and person convicted
- 31. evidence providing only a basis for inference about a disputed fact
- 32. area found near center of all loop and whorl patterns