| burn | | two prisoners with the same name and nearly the same measurements |
| tail | | member of crime scene team who determines method of death |
| twill | | tough, clear outside covering of hair shaft |
| waynewilliams | | a type of minutiae |
| physical | | a type of fiber from sheep hair |
| entomology | | convicted for murder of wife; based on all kinds of class evidence found in wood chipper |
| continuous | | study of physical evidence |
| luminol | | needs a chamber to help develop prints; works well on metal and glass |
| leukocytes | | a type of loop that opens towards the thumb |
| criminalistics | | doctor that was found innocent due to a left handed killer |
| wipe | | found knifed to death under a bridge; didn't find killer due to improper prosecution |
| loop | | A forcibly removed hair will appear to be ________ upon examination. |
| material | | blue jeans, hair color, and, blood type |
| angleofimpact | | crossing of t's and dotting of i's |
| kastlemeyer | | a type of evidence that can be traced to one specific source |
| polyester | | pattern of print that must have 2 deltas and 1 core |
| serology | | red blood cells |
| natural | | fibers that occur in nature |
| bifurication | | although time consuming this is the most effective search method |
| satin | | At an impact of 30 degrees blood drops begin to produce this |
| thermaldecomposition | | a study of body fluids |
| precipitin | | anything that proves or disproves a fact |
| plain | | examination of bite marks and dental identification |
| plain | | known sample |
| medulla | | created scars on fingers when he tried to burn off his prints |
| radial | | impact area of a drop of blood |
| daubertruling | | unknown sample |
| plain | | considered to be the father of forensics |
| individual | | a general way to remember the processing of crime scenes |
| imbricate | | test that recognizes blood; reaction producing light when sprayed |
| odontology | | dividing a scene into different areas is this search method |
| questioned | | way of classifying prints using computers; developed by FBI in 1999. |
| amandadavies | | minutiae formed by triangular pattern of ridges |
| chainofcustody | | needs heat to work, most common chemical technique to develop |
| criminology | | straight haired people would have this cross section |
| catagen | | study of crime relating to the mind |
| zone | | resting phase of hair growth |
| erythrocytes | | responsible for clotting of blood |
| chemical | | high profile case involving a military family; convicted for the murders of wife and kids |
| wool | | states what evidence is and isn't admissible in the court of law |
| iafis | | divide the medulla diameter by the hair's diameter to calculate this |
| platelets | | a test: phenolphthalein blood = pink |
| mrpierson | | pattern requires all ridges to enter from one side and exit from the other |
| class | | dna, fingerprints, and large glass fragments |
| adapt | | a type of evidence that can be traced to a group of people or things |
| scope | | a type of arch pattern that looks like a "mountain" |
| grid | | physical method for developing prints |
| individual | | a federal rule of evidence meaning evidence proves something |
| samsheppard | | ______ evidence - also called testimonial evidence |
| directionality | | a type of minutiae that is located in the center of loop and whorl patterns |
| stacked | | spent 11 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit; convicted based on eyewitness |
| eye | | weave pattern that looks like a checkerboard |
| evidence | | ridges enter one side of finger and exit from same side |
| chromatography | | first stage of hair growth; lasts approximately 3 to 5 years |
| control | | a medulla pattern common to only animals |
| striations | | phase in which hair is ready to fall out |
| delta | | cuticle pattern common to humans |
| tented | | your favorite forensics teacher :) |
| edmondlocard | | looking at the tail to determine where the blood came from |
| class | | ________ classification: a scheme that assigns every person a ratio |
| direct | | traces of this poison found in Napolean's hair |
| cuticle | | ______ evidence - called real evidence because these are tangible items |
| johndillinger | | most common type of artificial fiber |
| richardcrafts | | found guilty for the murder of girl; likely innocent b/c he was convicted based off of hair |
| plasma | | a type of arch pattern that looks like a "hill" |
| anagen | | placing fibers in bleach, acid, base, and acetone |
| henry | | most common type of natural fiber |
| colinross | | fibers that are manmade or adapted from natural fibers |
| dusting | | contact stain that shows a recognizable image of where it came from |
| ninhydrin | | a type of minutiae |
| arsenic | | a log of who has held control of evidence |
| medicalexaminer | | fluid part of blood |
| arch | | anti human serum mixed with human blood will clump; a test that tells us animal or human |
| medullary index | | killer convicted based on fibers found on victims; matched fibers from carpet in house |
| cotton | | weave pattern that creates long floats |
| pointoforigin | | common type of weave pattern |
| ulnar | | _______ prints; prints that are essentially invisible |
| jeffreymacdonald | | first use of precipitin test; told us stains where blood and not wood dyes |
| latent | | the study of insects |
| williamwest | | testing the fibers behavior as it approaches and is heated within a flame |
| whorl | | a way of documenting a scene by drawing; showing compass, evidence, scales, etc |
| diacritics | | weave pattern that looks like a staircase |
| sheathed | | a medulla pattern that can be common to both humans and animals |
| superglue | | spongy interior core of hair |
| core | | can be used to separate dyes from fibers, pens, and even M |
| probative | | if a drops falls at 90 degrees, the stain will appear ______. |
| telogen | | first officer protocol when he/she arrives on scene |
| ludwigtessnow | | when a non-bloody object alters an existing stain |
| cortex | | when a bloody object rubs against a non-bloody object leaving a stain |
| swipe | | mass/volume |
| blacklight | | a test to see if fiber breaks down to form acid or base when heated |
| transfer | | a federal rule of evidence meaning evidence relates to a specific case |
| round | | where the air sacs and pigment is located in hair |
| synthetic | | use a sin formula to help us determine this |
| density | | bullet analysis: study these to see if they line up |
| ronaldcotton | | a type of loop pattern that opens towards the pinky |
| target | | where the blood came from |
| round | | cells that produce antibodies to fight off foriegn substances |
| sketch | | _______ Standard - created in 1923 |
| frye | | used to see watermarks, florescent powders, location of fibers |