Crim Scene Specialties

Match the following types of fingerprints with their correct description:

Match the following types of fingerprint patterns with their correct description:

If an investigator is analyzing an impression left in a soft material such as clay in the suspect's handwriting, what type of fingerprint would this be classified as?

Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) primarily assists investigators by:

In criminalistics, why are fingerprints useful?

What minutiae characteristic is indicated by the image?

Identify the fingerprint pattern shown.

When the trigger of a weapon is pulled, the firing pin hits the bullet and ignites the gunpowder that projects the casing forward through the barrel of the gun.

Place the steps of a firearm in order from beginning to end

1) The pressure of the ignition pushes the bullet from the casing and into the barrel of the firearm

2) The bullet follows the lands and groves pattern of the barrel and spirals out of the barrel

3) The trigger is pulled and firing pin from the firearm hits the base of the cartridge, igniting the powder inside the bullet