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- 2. ______ mortis is caused after death when the blood stops pumping and blood settles to the lowest point of gravity
- 5. In order to testify as this type of witness, your credentials must be established and accepted by the judge
- 8. This is the person who often conducts autopsies (2 words)
- 10. In a crime scene, the first thing you need to do before touching anything is take _____
- 11. Involves the isolation and analysis of drugs and poisons from a variety of substances
- 13. blood _____ is small drops of blood projected by force onto a surface
- 17. The applied study of projectiles such as bullets to forensic cases
- 18. Forensic _____ is examining a corpse to establish cause of death
- 20. The study of using insects as evidence that can be applied to forensics especially to help with time of death calculation
- 21. Processing this requires attention to detail as you document, collect, and log evidence. (2 words)
- 23. These need to be worn when in a crime scene and processing evidence to avoid contamination
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- 1. ______ forensics includes collection, recovery, and analyzing electronic data evidence. (AKA computer forensics)
- 3. The common household cleaner often used to clean up blood stains by criminals
- 4. Rigor _____ is the stiffening of the body after death
- 6. The branch of forensics that deals with matching evidence like shoe prints, tire tracks, and tool marks
- 7. Forensic _____ is analyzing skeletal remains to identify a person or get information for a case
- 9. a person who kills 3 or more people in 3 or more separate events with a cooling off period in between (2 words)
- 11. Evidence that is small and includes hair, fiber, pain, and other particulate matter.
- 12. The first emergency or law enforcement officer to show up at a crime scene is called the first ______
- 14. Intentional setting of a fire, often to cover up a crime
- 15. Forensic Serology is the analysis of _____ _____ as they relate to cases
- 16. Identity, paternity, and familial matches can be used by analyzing this genetic material
- 18. This branch of forensics includes the study of the mind and why people commit crimes. (Think Criminal Minds)
- 19. Super glue can actually be used to find these that people leave behind everywhere
- 21. _____ microscopes allow you to compare 2 objects at one time like 2 bullets
- 22. The type of alternative light that us often used to find body fluids at a crime scene