Fingerprint Analysis Flashcards
Crime scene search must use __________________ search patterns
Systematic
The scientific process of fingerprint matching
ACEV
Evidence transfer is defined by __________________’smexchange principle
Locard
The application of scientific techniques to legal processes
Forensic science
Innermost position of loop ridges
Core
The least common ridge pattern
Arch
A print collected from a crime scene
Latent
Primary ridges are __________________and therefore useful in forensic science
Unique
The post on the ridge nearest the centre of the divergence of types of lines, absent in arch patterns
Delta
Fingerprints are __________________ and unchanging
Permanent
Primary crime scenes are defined by their __________________ location
Physical
The first step in the fingerprint identification process
Analysis
Evidence can be __________________ or direct
Circumstantial
Patterns on __________________ can be transferred on contact
Skin
Information that supports a fact or proposition
Evidence
Scene of crime officers __________________ the crime scene
Process
Secured crime scenes help evidence be __________________
Preserved
Documenting a scene involves notes, videotaping, __________________ and sketching a scene
Photographing
Most evidence is found in the __________________ zone
Hot
Evidence can be used to __________________ a scene with people or objects
Link
The layer of skin where ridge patterns form in utero
Dermis
One of three types of evidence
Trace
