Chapter 6 Section 4 Worksheet

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21 questions
2

Fingerprints collected by the FBI and local law enforcement is loaded into the fingerprint database known as the __________________ system.

2

This chemical is used only on paper.

2

This chemical produces a white print.

2

This chemical to lift latent fingerprints is toxic to inhale or ingest.

2

Now agencies submitting fingerprints electronically for matching can expect results for criminal investigations within _________ hours.

2

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.

2

Proper evidence collection techniques involve _________________ the fingerprints before they are lifted.

2

Metal or ________________ powders can also be used. They are less messy than carbon-based powders.

2

Which chemical do you need to heat the sample in a vapor tent.

2

Which chemical needs UV light to see the latent print?

6

Which objects can leave behind traces on the skin?

6

In the future, technologies are currently being developed to use these physical features as identification:

2

Any _________________________ entering the United States through a major airport has an electronic photo of his or her fingerprints entered into the IAFIS database.

2

Francesca told police that her neighbor, ____________ Ramón Velásquez, had committed the crime.

2

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 __________________.

2

When Francesca was confronted with the evidence against her, she ____________.

2

On the afternoon of May 30, 1997, Boston police officer __________________ was shot with his own gun in a backyard in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

2

With the compelling fingerprint evidence, Cowans was convicted of the shooting and sentenced to _______________ years in the state prison.

2

In 2004, Cowan’s defense team requested DNA testing of the glass and a ____________ dropped at the scene of the shooting.

2

As a result, Boston police and the _______________ County District Attorney’s office established new guidelines for identification and evidence handling.

8

"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).