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37 Cards in this Set
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Trace evidence?
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Small, sometimes microscopic material that can be overlooked at a crime scene
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Criminalistics/trace evidence examiners/micro-analysis's?
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All types of physical that may be key or circumstantial evidence
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Micro-analysts?
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determine the nature of trace evidence and compare it with known materials for place of origin
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Locard Exchange Principle?
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It is impossible not to change an environment when you walk into it
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Building materials?
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Cement, wood, brick, drywall..
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Textiles and fabric materials?
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A portion of fabric or textiles(carpets)
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Five types of textile?
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-Animal fibers
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Footwear trace evidence?
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-Dust
-Soil -Debris -Vegitation |
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Trace Metal Detection Test?
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Spraying of solution on suspects hand and then observing with ultraviolet light
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Gun shot residue analysis?
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inspecting for residue of gun shot
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Mass Spectrometry?
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Performs spectrographic analysis, records on film, material is burned with different colors
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Neutron activation analysis?
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bombarding the specimen with neutrons, making the substance radioactive
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Gas chromatography?
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Identify the ingredients of liquid substances
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Wet chemistry?
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Mixing chemicals with material to change its color
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Infrared Light?
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Used to make things appear that will otherwise be invisible
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Ultraviolet light?
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Used to obtain prints off of conflicting color patters
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Evidence vacuum?
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Vacuums that have been sterilized and equipped with a special clean filter
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Comparison microscope?
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characteristics of bullets and guns
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X-rays?
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looking at the contents of a package without opening it
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Sound Spectromety?
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transforms sound into visual patterns on a graph
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Visible print?
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when footwear steps into a foriegn substance and contaminates it and then steps on a clean surface
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Plastic prints?
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when footwear makes an impression in a soft surface
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Latent prints?
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Invisible prints that need chemicals to see
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Casting?
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Using dental stone to obtain an impression
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Gel lifters?
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Gelatin layer permits the lifting of traces
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Radioactive decay?
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A radioactive item gives of radiation
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Diffraction photography?
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optical effect which limits the total resolution of photography
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Photomicrograph?
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Magnify a digital image
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Reagents?
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A substance or mixture in a criminal analysis
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Spectrometer?
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identify material or liquid
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Audit?
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An examination and verification of accounts
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Plaster of Paris?
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A plaster that is used to obtain plaster
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Control sample?
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A sample that is used to compare other samples
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Luminol?
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A luminecent light that shows agents such as blood
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Dental stone?
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Can be used during casting
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Oscilloscope?
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Measure the frequency of an electrical signature over time
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Radioclides?
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Is a nuclide that is radioactive
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