Forensic Exam 6 Rated A+ Verified 2024
4 major classes of bullets - ANSWER-Plain lead, partially jacketed lead, fully jacketed
lead, and non lead (bronze, plastics, wax)
Acid Etching Restoration - ANSWER-Restore numbers on metal.
Additional forensic evidence - ANSWER-Tape, ink, fibers
Amerithrax - ANSWER-Investigation focus
- knowledge
-access
- laboratory experience
- motive
(16 US labs- 1200 employees)
Amerithrax- FBI Investigation - ANSWER-Five distinctive anthrax attacks, fall 2001. AMI
building contaminated, Boca Raton, FL.
- 4 letters mailed from postal collection box, Princeton, NJ.
- editor, NY Post (9/18/01)
- Tom Brokaw, NBC (9/18/01)
- Senator Tom Daschle (10/09/01)
- Senator Patrick Leahy (10/09/01)
Annie Dookhan (tampering with evidence) - ANSWER-Massachusetts Department of
Public Health Drug Lab, was convicted 2-3 years for the Tampering with evidence- drug
weights. About 300 to 500 defendants, including some were released into Boston
streets because of the alleged mishandling of evidence at a Massachusetts drug lab.
1,100 cases dismissed
Anthrax - ANSWER-Anthrax infection from Bacillus anthracis pores:
Cutaneous (skin)-95% of infection cases
Inhalation: often fatal
Gastrointestinal: often fatal
Anthrax Attacks - ANSWER-Florida, New York, Washington D.C.
Anthrax Case - ANSWER-FBI Preparation: Hazardous Materials Response Unit and
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Analysis
Anthrax from Spores to Source - ANSWER-1. Grow spores
2. Isolate colonies
3. Find rare mutants (4)
4. Sequence DNA
5. Develop tests
, 6. Screen 1013 samples
7. Find samples with the same 4 mutants
8. Identify flask
Anthrax Victims - ANSWER-- Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr.,- postal
workers
- Ottilie Lundgren of Oxford, Connecticut
- Robert Stevens, a photo editor at AMI in Florida
- Kathy Nguyen, a New York hospital worker, 17 others infected, more than 10,000
exposed
Ballistics - ANSWER-the science of projectiles and firearms
Biohazard material - ANSWER-Clearly mark as biohazard
Bomb/arson evidence - ANSWER-Package in clean paint can
Bombing identifications - ANSWER-Over 1,000 individuals have been identified to
bombs
Bullet Lead Analysis - ANSWER-is a now discredited and abandoned forensic
technique which used chemistry to link crime scene bullets to ones possessed by
suspects on the theory that each batch of lead had a unique elemental makeup
Cartridge Components - ANSWER-Projectile (bullet), cartridge case, gun powder
(nitrocellulose), igniter
Class Characteristics - ANSWER-1. Direction of twist
2. Number of grooves
3. Caliber or gauge
4. Width of lands and grooves of barrel
5. Possibly gun manufacturer(s)
comparison microscope - ANSWER-Close up/ land impression. The most valuable
equipment used by the examiner in order to perform comparative analysis. Two stages
in the same view
comparison microscope - ANSWER-The most valuable equipment used by the
examiner in order to perform comparative analysis
Two stages in the same view
Contact Sampling: Different Surfaces - ANSWER-Wall- low in spores and competitors
Floor- high in spores and competitors
Developed procedures for traditional forensic analyzers - ANSWER-
4 major classes of bullets - ANSWER-Plain lead, partially jacketed lead, fully jacketed
lead, and non lead (bronze, plastics, wax)
Acid Etching Restoration - ANSWER-Restore numbers on metal.
Additional forensic evidence - ANSWER-Tape, ink, fibers
Amerithrax - ANSWER-Investigation focus
- knowledge
-access
- laboratory experience
- motive
(16 US labs- 1200 employees)
Amerithrax- FBI Investigation - ANSWER-Five distinctive anthrax attacks, fall 2001. AMI
building contaminated, Boca Raton, FL.
- 4 letters mailed from postal collection box, Princeton, NJ.
- editor, NY Post (9/18/01)
- Tom Brokaw, NBC (9/18/01)
- Senator Tom Daschle (10/09/01)
- Senator Patrick Leahy (10/09/01)
Annie Dookhan (tampering with evidence) - ANSWER-Massachusetts Department of
Public Health Drug Lab, was convicted 2-3 years for the Tampering with evidence- drug
weights. About 300 to 500 defendants, including some were released into Boston
streets because of the alleged mishandling of evidence at a Massachusetts drug lab.
1,100 cases dismissed
Anthrax - ANSWER-Anthrax infection from Bacillus anthracis pores:
Cutaneous (skin)-95% of infection cases
Inhalation: often fatal
Gastrointestinal: often fatal
Anthrax Attacks - ANSWER-Florida, New York, Washington D.C.
Anthrax Case - ANSWER-FBI Preparation: Hazardous Materials Response Unit and
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Analysis
Anthrax from Spores to Source - ANSWER-1. Grow spores
2. Isolate colonies
3. Find rare mutants (4)
4. Sequence DNA
5. Develop tests
, 6. Screen 1013 samples
7. Find samples with the same 4 mutants
8. Identify flask
Anthrax Victims - ANSWER-- Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr.,- postal
workers
- Ottilie Lundgren of Oxford, Connecticut
- Robert Stevens, a photo editor at AMI in Florida
- Kathy Nguyen, a New York hospital worker, 17 others infected, more than 10,000
exposed
Ballistics - ANSWER-the science of projectiles and firearms
Biohazard material - ANSWER-Clearly mark as biohazard
Bomb/arson evidence - ANSWER-Package in clean paint can
Bombing identifications - ANSWER-Over 1,000 individuals have been identified to
bombs
Bullet Lead Analysis - ANSWER-is a now discredited and abandoned forensic
technique which used chemistry to link crime scene bullets to ones possessed by
suspects on the theory that each batch of lead had a unique elemental makeup
Cartridge Components - ANSWER-Projectile (bullet), cartridge case, gun powder
(nitrocellulose), igniter
Class Characteristics - ANSWER-1. Direction of twist
2. Number of grooves
3. Caliber or gauge
4. Width of lands and grooves of barrel
5. Possibly gun manufacturer(s)
comparison microscope - ANSWER-Close up/ land impression. The most valuable
equipment used by the examiner in order to perform comparative analysis. Two stages
in the same view
comparison microscope - ANSWER-The most valuable equipment used by the
examiner in order to perform comparative analysis
Two stages in the same view
Contact Sampling: Different Surfaces - ANSWER-Wall- low in spores and competitors
Floor- high in spores and competitors
Developed procedures for traditional forensic analyzers - ANSWER-
