Refers to any material or substance which are found at the crime scene and has a logical connection to the offense charged and which aids the investigator in solving the case

Is the area or place where pieces of physical evidence are brought for extensive and exhaustive examination

Refers to those individual capable of utilizing forensic science in elucidating crime commission.

refers to the application of the principle of various sciences to provide answers to legal questions.

Is defined as the examination, evaluation and providing of explanation to all physical evidence collected at the crime scene.

is the use of instruments or apparatuses in crime detection

Latin term “FORUM” means “______________”

A place where people gather for public discussion or public disputation

Latin term “FORENSIS” means _____________________

Deals with the study of firearm to establish its identity through ammunition fired through them.

is the person who examines those fired bullets, fired cartridge case, suspected firearm.

is any bullet/s found and recovered from the crime scene

is any cartridge case/s found and recovered from the crime scene

is any firearm found and recovered from the crime scene and subjected for laboratory examination to establish its identity and uniqueness as compared to other firearm

Task of Firearm Section

Refers to any material whereby the origin of the document or the identity of the author is unknown or the authenticity is doubtful

is the act of making close and critical study of any material that seeks to determine the history of a document by technical or scientific processes

is the person responsible for the examination of a questioned document.

these are classes of documents collected commonly in the office, house or other areas where the person resides or frequents as part of his usual routine

these are documents commonly handwriting or signature – related issues accomplished upon the request such standard. This is usually undertaken by Questioned Document Examiner.

refers to any known writing of the person. This is the document which will serve as the basis in comparing with those questioned documents or those that are recovered form the crime scene or submitted for examination.

Forensic dentist is also known as _________

Is the standard taking of photographs among arrested suspects with front and side angles taken in one location.

is defined as a photograph taken with metric scale placed in the photo’s border to show the actual size of the image.

is also known as spoken picture, is a method of describing in a detailed manner the human head which give emphasis on the different part

is a graphical drawing of the suspects face drawn as an aid in establishing the identity of person who might have committed the crime.

simply means as correct and accurate reproduction based on how individual evidence was gathered and collected at the crime scene.

Is defined as an art and science in line with the process of producing or reproducing digital photographs and other digital images through the action of light and with the aid of digital camera and other digital devices.

refers to any substance that is very sensitive to light and loses its value when exposed to the same.

is where the image is recorded upon taking of pictures in conventional photography.

is where the image is transferred from the film during the development of the photograph.

simply means as the process of making the captured image visible.

refers to the old means of reproducing a photographic image.

Simply refers to the study of chemicals and its adverse effects in the human body.

Is defined as the application of toxicology to aid in the medical and legal aspect of death investigation.

simply refers to the quantity of the substance.

Can be of help as it is the science that deals with the study of bodily fluids.

deals with the identification, detection and classification of the different bodily fluids found in the crime scene.

a quick preliminary test conducted to determine if the sample taken is blood.

this test is conducted to conclude that the test taken is blood

Simply refers to the system of the body measurement.

they serves as a correct copy of the fingerprint of the individual person

refers to the submission of the fingerprint standard to the recording system for future use.

states that fingerprint does not change over the lifetime of the person. This means that fingerprint is constant from conception to birth and from the birth to death.

states that every individual has their own unique set of fingerprinted and that this fingerprint cannot b duplicated nor repeated among other individual.

states that fingerprint can never be wrong or makes an error as to the identify of the person.

Is a branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to establish facts surrounding the causes, manner and time of death of the person.

is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death or to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.

__________________ which is commonly limited to external examination

opens the internal parts of a dead body to perform the examination ad carefully studies each internal part to establish the possible factors a well as the possible manner surrounding the death of the person.

Post Mortem means ___________

this means that the body becomes cold after death. This usually occurs in the first 2 hours after the person died.

after cooling of the body, the muscles will become rigid or stiff usually 2-3 hours after death. The whole body will become rigid approximately 12 hours after death and will last for about 18-36 hours. Thereafter, putrefaction will commence.

this refers to the changes of the body color 3-6 hours after death due to the stoppage of blood circulation and the clotting blood in the blood vessels. This results in the settlement of the blood in the area of the body where it has contact with the surface. After 12 hours, skin discoloration becomes fully developed. This phenomenon is one of the best indicator id the dead body was moved or not.

Is defined as the scientific method of detecting deception done with the aid of a polygraph machine.

is an instrument that simultaneously records of changes of blood pressure; pulse rate, respiration and skin resistance (physiological reactions) in the human body as an indicative of deception.

derived from the Greek words POLY meaning "_______________” and GRAPH which means “_____________”.

Problems Addressed by Ballistician

Advantages of Forensic Odontology

most durable part of the body