Fingerprints collected by the FBI and local law enforcement is loaded into the fingerprint database known as the __________________ system.
Question 2
2.
This chemical is used only on paper.
Question 3
3.
This chemical produces a white print.
Question 4
4.
This chemical to lift latent fingerprints is toxic to inhale or ingest.
Question 5
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Now agencies submitting fingerprints electronically for matching can expect results for criminal investigations within _________ hours.
Question 6
6.
By 1987, the FBI had 23 million criminal fingerprint cards on file, and getting a match with a fingerprint
found at a crime scene and one stored on file required manual searching. It could take as long as __________ months to find a match.
Question 7
7.
Proper evidence collection techniques involve _________________ the fingerprints before they are lifted.
Question 8
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Metal or ________________ powders can also be used. They are less messy than carbon-based powders.
Question 9
9.
Which chemical do you need to heat the sample in a vapor tent.
Question 10
10.
Which chemical needs UV light to see the latent print?
Question 11
11.
Which objects can leave behind traces on the skin?
Question 12
12.
In the future, technologies are currently being developed to use these physical features as identification:
Question 13
13.
Any _________________________ entering the United States through a major airport has an electronic photo of his or her fingerprints entered into the IAFIS database.
Question 14
14.
Francesca told police that her neighbor, ____________ Ramón Velásquez, had committed the crime.
Question 15
15.
He took the bloody doorpost and fingerprint samples of Pedro Velásquez (Figure 6-18) to Juan Vucetich, who in late 1891 had opened the first fingerprint bureau in South America in __________________.
Question 16
16.
When Francesca was confronted with the evidence against her, she ____________.
Question 17
17.
On the afternoon of May 30, 1997, Boston police officer __________________ was shot with his own gun in a backyard in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Question 18
18.
With the compelling fingerprint evidence, Cowans was convicted of the shooting and sentenced to _______________ years in the state prison.
Question 19
19.
In 2004, Cowan’s defense team requested DNA testing of the glass and a ____________ dropped at the scene of the shooting.
Question 20
20.
As a result, Boston police and the _______________ County District Attorney’s office established new guidelines for identification and evidence handling.
Question 21
21.
"To get a conviction, I would rather have one good fingerprint than a pound of hair and fiber evidence." Do you agree or disagree? Support your answer(complete sentences).