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Forensics Chapter 6 Trace evidence
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 3
03/20/2012

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trace evidence includes
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hair, fiber, grass, sand...
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What is the most frequently found evidence found at a crime scene
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hair
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Melanin
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gives hair its color
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Cortical
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air spaces found near the root but can be found in the shaft
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Anagen
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hair that is growing lasting five years on you head
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Catagen
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hair at rest
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telogen
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hair that is dying
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Density of glass
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mass/volume
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Becke Line
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a hollow like object that appears around an object immersed in a liquid of a different refractive index
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T/F: high velocity projectile always leaves a hole wider at the exit side of the glass
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TRUE
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Class Characteristic
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the type of glass may be evidence at the crime scene
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individual characteristic
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can piece the glass in the piece of evidence
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Forensic Geology
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application of earth science to law
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