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Forensics A to Z
check your A to Z Terms with this Study Stack
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arson | might be used to destroy evidence at a crime scene |
| Blood | types include A, B AB and O |
| Crime Scene | detective find evidence here |
| Eyewitness | someone who witnesses an event, might include a crime |
| Footprint | might be left a crime scene by a suspect, might also match someone's shoe |
| Gunshot Residue | residue left on a person's hand who might have shot a gun. |
| hair | may link a suspect to a crime scene |
| Innocent | not guilty |
| Jury | decided the outcome of a criminal case brought to court |
| Kidnapping | taking someone against their will |
| Laws | you do not want to break these |
| Microscope | scientific instrument used to analyze evidence |
| noses | dogs use these to search for accelerants |
| Observations | detectives make these at a crime scene and use them to solve a crime. |
| Polygraph | a machine used to find the truth |
| Questions | these need to be answered in order to solve the crime |
| Ridges | a characteristic of fingerprints that can be used to analyze fingerprints |
| Sketch | documents evidence at a crime scene |
| trace | small amounts of evidence |
| Ultraviolet | type of light that helps us find evidence such as fibers, blood, hair samples, etc. |
| Verdit | guilty or not guilty |
| wound | might be used to match a weapon from a crime scene |
| X-rays | helps to take a closer look inside the body |
| Zero | hopefully you have more evidence than this at a crime scene. |