Read the following statements and select whether they are true or false.
Handwriting can be considered individual evidence when examined by an expert.
__________
The most common type of forgery is counterfeiting.
__________
The term diacritic refers to the fancy letters, curls, loops, and/or circles that a person uses in their writing.
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Question 2
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Question 4
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Fingerprints are considered to be __________ evidence.
__________ fingerprints are indentions left in some soft material (i.e. wax).
__________ are the most common ridge pattern in the total population.
Question 5
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Question 7
7.
Match the following fingerprint in the "Show your work" section to one of the individuals.____________________
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Question 9
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Question 10
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Question 11
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Question 12
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Drag the correct labels onto the crime scene sketch below!
Other Answer Choices:
legend
measurement from 2 fixed points
distance scale
true north
Question 13
13.
A struggling forensics student is attempting to scale down their triangulation measurements. Using a scale of 0.25 inches = 1 foot, how many inches should the 5' and 11' lines be when sketched by the student? Type your answer as a decimal.
5' =>_______ inches
11' =>_______ inches
Perform a handwriting analysis of the following document. Include the following data in your analysis:
- pressure
- slant (measure with protractor)
- baseline habits
- capital : lowercase ratio
- letterform
- word + margin spacing
Question 3
3.
Which if any of these suspects wrote the above document? Give at least 5 characteristics that support your claim.
In fingerprint identification, _____.
the entire process can now be completed in seconds by computers
objectivity of the examiner rarely alters the outcome of the identification
the final identification is confirmed by a fingerprint examiner
whole fingerprints are quite commonly found at a crime scene
Question 6
6.
Question 8
8.
Match the following fingerprint in the "Show your work" section to one of the individuals.____________________
Knowing the shoe size of a bloody footprint tells us that someone with that shoe size was at the scene, allowing us to exclude persons with other shoe sizes, which is an example of _____.
individual evidence
class evidence
differentiated evidence
biological evidence
List the 7 S's of crime scene investigation in order (top to bottom).
Secure the scene
Secure the evidence
Search the scene
Sketch the scene
Scan the scene
See the scene (photograph evidence)
Separate the Witnesses
A crime-scene sketch should include all of the following except
a north heading.
the type of search pattern used to collect the evidence.
a distance scale.
date and location of the crime scene.
The fingerprints on this threatening letter were developed using ________.
