Unit 3 Vocabulary Terms | Physical Evidence

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Across
  1. 8. The type of evidence that police reports, contracts, and stock receipts would be included in.
  2. 10. When a test identifies the unique characteristics of a sample, it has _____________.
  3. 13. The type of evidence includes photographs, computer models, and reenactments in court.
  4. 14. A type of characteristic that can be associated with a single source (ex: Fingerprint)
  5. 15. is A formalized demand given to a witness to get them to supply evidence or testimony in court
  6. 17. When a test identifies a particular substance it has ________________.
  7. 18. The process of determining the chemical or physical characteristics of evidence with certainty
  8. 20. The frequency of an event or how likely it is that two samples would share characteristics.
  9. 21. A forensic __________ would perform soil tests in the field.
Down
  1. 1. The process of testing a known sample against an unknown sample to see if they share common origin.
  2. 2. is A set of legal rights that are spoken to any suspect in custody before an interrogation.
  3. 3. The property or description of a substance and its reaction with another substance.
  4. 4. When a test reproduces the same result multiple times, it has ________________.
  5. 5. This type of glass fracture looks like spokes on a wheel and extend outward from the impact point.
  6. 6. The type of evidence created from eyewitnesses
  7. 7. This type of evidence is an actual object, is tangible, and can be touched.
  8. 9. This type of glass fracture forms a circle around the point of impact.
  9. 11. Fingerprint characteristics are called __________, or minutiae, and can be loops, arches, or enclosures.
  10. 12. A type of characteristic that cannot be associated with a single source (ex: soil type)
  11. 16. The property or description of a substance without its connection to any other substance.
  12. 19. Scientists will often create molds out of various materials in order to bring this evidence back to the lab