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Science Vocab
Chapter1-2 Forensic Science vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| forensic- | methods of science applied to public matters |
| postmortem examination- | the major evidence that the pathologist uses to make these determinations |
| Odontology- | a fancy name for dentistry |
| Criminalistics- | types of physical evidence generated by crime scenes |
| Sting operation- | situations where law enforcement agents set up a scenario whereby crinimals are encouraged to commit crimes that they would probably have done anyway |
| cold search- | whereby people in the neighborhood are interviewed to determin if they saw the crime being commited , if they may have seen the perpeptrator flee the scene or if they observed suspicious events |