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| 7523992231 | Forensic Science | The study and application of science to matters of law. | 0 | |
| 7523992232 | Criminalistics | The examination of Physical Evidence. | 1 | |
| 7523992233 | Evidence | Anything that tends to establish or disprove a fact. | 2 | |
| 7523992234 | Ballistics | The science that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles, most often firearms and bullets. | 3 | |
| 7523992235 | Odontology | In forensics, examination of bite marks and dental identification of corpses. | 4 | |
| 7523992236 | Pathology | Investigation of sudden, unexplained, or violent death. | 5 | |
| 7523992237 | Entomology | The study of insects. | 6 | |
| 7523992238 | Palynology | The study of pollen and spores. | 7 | |
| 7523992239 | Polygraphy | The use of the "lie detector". | 8 | |
| 7523992240 | Statutory Law | Legislation act declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something. | 9 | |
| 7523992241 | Common/ Case Law | The body of law made up of Judicial opinions and precendents. | 10 | |
| 7523992242 | Stare Decisis | "to stand by the decision," meaning previous legal decisions are to be followed. | 11 | |
| 7523992243 | Civil Law | Laws that deals with noncriminal suits bought to protect or preserve a civil or private right or matter. | 12 | |
| 7523992244 | Criminal Law | Regulation and enforcement of rights, setting the acceptable limits of conduct in society. | 13 | |
| 7523992245 | Misdemeanor | A minor crime, less than a felony, us ally punished with a fine or confinement other than in a prison. | 14 | |
| 7523992246 | Felony | A serious crime, such as murder, punishable by more than one year of imprisonment up to execution. | 15 | |
| 7523992247 | Probable cause | Situation in which a reasonable and prudent person, viewing the available information, would conclude that a crime has been committed and that the suspect committed it. | 16 | |
| 7523992248 | Violation | A breach of a right, duty, or law. | 17 | |
| 7523992249 | Infraction | Violation of a rule or law that is not punishable by prison. | 18 | |
| 7523992250 | Elements | In criminal law, the specific factors or parts of a crime. | 19 | |
| 7523992251 | Booking | A police procedure following arrest that records basic information about the suspect, a photograph, and fingerprints, and perhaps includes a lineup | 20 | |
| 7523992252 | Miranda Rights/ Miranda Warning | Rights guranteed by the Constitution that police must tell arrestees about, especially the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney. | 21 | |
| 7523992253 | Arraignment | The frist act in a criminal proceeding, where the defendant is brought before the court to hear charges and enter a plea. | 22 | |
| 7523992254 | Bail | Money put up to guarantee that the defendant will appear in court as directed | 23 | |
| 7523992255 | Nolo Contendere | In a criminal lawsuit, when a defendant neither admits nor denies committing a crime but accepts punisher as though he or she were guilty. | 24 | |
| 7523992256 | Preliminary/ Evidentiary Hearing | A hearing before a magistrate or a judge to determine whether a person charged with a crime should be held for trial. | 25 | |
| 7523992257 | Grand Jury | A group of people sworn to inquire into a crime and, if appropriate, bring accusations (indictments) against the suspected criminals. | 26 | |
| 7523992258 | Indict | To formally accuse a person of a crime. | 27 | |
| 7523992259 | Plea Bargaining | An agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor in return drops more serious charges to avoid the cost and time of a trial. | 28 | |
| 7523992260 | Probative | In evidence law, tending to prove something. | 29 | |
| 7523992261 | Material | In evidence law, relevant and significant. | 30 | |
| 7523992262 | Hearsay | Testimony given by a witness who relates not what he or she heard, saw, or know personally, but what others have said. | 31 | |
| 7523992263 | Expert Witness | A person who is a specialist in a subject that is often technical, who may present his or her expert opinion without actually witnessing any occurrence relating to the case. | 32 | |
| 7523992264 | Frye Standard | Commonly called the "general acceptance" test, the Frye Standard dictates that scientific evidence is admissible at trial only if the methodology or scientific principle on which the opinion is based is "sufficiently established to have gained general acceptance in the particular field in which it belongs. | 33 | |
| 7523992265 | Dauber Ruling | Implicit endorses a classical definition of the scientific method, including hypothesis testing, estimates of error rates, peer-reviewed publication, and general acceptance. | 34 | |
| 7523992266 | Junk Science | Theories bases on distorted, flawed, or untested hypotheses not derived from or tested by the scientific method. | 35 | |
| 7523992267 | Forensic Science | The application of science and technology to the criminal and civil laws enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system |  | 36 |
| 7523992268 | Anthropometry | Bertillon's system of bodily measurement used to identify an individual | 37 | |
| 7523992269 | Locard's exchange principle | When two objects come into contact with each other, a cross-transfer of materials occurs that can connect a criminal suspect to his or her victim | 38 | |
| 7523992270 | FBI Laboratory | World's largest forensic science laboratory | 39 | |
| 7523992271 | FBI | Federal Bureau of Invesitgation | 40 | |
| 7523992272 | CBI | Colorado Bureau of Investigation | 41 | |
| 7523992273 | Basic services/units of a Full Service Crime Lab | Physical science, biology, firearms, document examination, photography |  | 42 |
| 7523992274 | Toxicology unit | Looks for the presence or absence of drugs and toxins in body fluids and organs |  | 43 |
| 7523992275 | Polygraph unit | Lie detector used mainly by police investigators |  | 44 |
| 7523992276 | Forensic odontology | Analysis of teeth and bite marks left on a victim and the tooth structure of the suspect |  | 45 |
| 7523992277 | Frye v. United States, 1923 | Scientific evidence can be presented by expert witnesses as long as the procedures, techniques, and principles used to analyze the evidence are "generally accepted" by the scientific community | 46 | |
| 7523992278 | Daubert v. Merrel Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993 | The trial judge assumes the ultimate responsibility for acting as a "gate-keeper" in judging the admissibility and reliability of scientific evidence presented in their court | 47 | |
| 7523992279 | Witness | A person who observes an event and can provide details to a police agency or court |  | 48 |
| 7523992280 | Expert witness | An individual whom the court determines to have particular skills or knowledge in a trade or profession and that person's testimony will help the court determine the truth of a matter at trial | 49 | |
| 7523992281 | Testimony | What a person says to a court or police agency; sometimes sworn to tell the truth under oath |  | 50 |
| 7523992282 | AAFS | American Academy of Forensic Science, the largest forensic science organization in the world | 51 | |
| 7523992283 | What part of our government establishes statutory laws | Legislative | 52 | |
| 7523992284 | What city in the US was the first police lab in? | Los Angelos | 53 | |
| 7523992285 | What is the abbreviation for computerized Fingerprint by the FBI | AFIS | 54 | |
| 7523992286 | Another name for common law | Case law | 55 | |
| 7523992287 | What court case was general acceptance case | Frye vs US | 56 | |
| 7523992288 | What federal agency deals with tobacco | ATF (alcohol tobacco firearms) | 57 | |
| 7523992289 | Examination of bite marks | Odontology | 58 | |
| 7523992290 | Computer system for comparing bullets and shell casings | IBIS | 59 | |
| 7523992291 | Who discovered the process of DNA fingerprinting | Alec Jeffreys | 60 | |
| 7523992292 | Example of a hate crime | Discrimination | 61 | |
| 7523992293 | What type of evidence tends to prove something | Probative | 62 | |
| 7523992294 | Polygraphy | Use of the polygraph/ lie detector | 63 | |
| 7523992295 | Who developed the mass spectrometer | Francis asten | 64 | |
| 7523992296 | First person to practice forensic medicine | Fortunatus Fidelus | 65 | |
| 7523992297 | First person to use document examination | Francois DeMelle | 66 | |
| 7523992298 | Used body measurements | Alphonse Bertillion | 67 | |
| 7523992299 | Study of pollen and spores | Palanology | 68 | |
| 7523992300 | Rights for people under arrest | Miranda rights | 69 | |
| 7523992301 | Another name for criminal law | Public law | 70 | |
| 7523992302 | Karl landsteiner | Distinguished main blood groups | 71 | |
| 7523992303 | James marsh | 1st toxicology test for arsenic | 72 | |
| 7523992304 | Edward Henry | fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics | 73 | |
| 7523992305 | John Larson | Invented the polygraph | 74 | |
| 7523992306 | Mathiew orfila | Established forensic toxicology | 75 | |
| 7523992307 | Gary Dotson | First person to be convicted based on DNA evidence | 76 | |
| 7523992308 | Leone Lattes | developed a procedure to determine blood type from dried bloodstains | 77 |
