Questions and Answers
A
VI
TU
Situ - ANSWER Original spot
IS
Spatial controls - ANSWER measure the location of evidence as it relates to
other pieces of evidence prior
M
String Reconstruction - ANSWER Uses angular estimates based on length and
width ratio calculation and pieces of string to link blood stains to a common to a
O
common origin
A
The Tangent Method - ANSWER Requires calculation of the incident angle
and determination of the area of origin through triginometry
N
The CSI Effect - ANSWER Forensic television dramas influence on real-life
JP
court prodcedings
Latent - ANSWER DNA, fingerprints, footprints, tire tracks, often not visible
without electronics
Sensitivity - ANSWER More times the number of nerve endings in friction
skin than in skin from other body parts