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| 10108360061 | Autopsy | The internal and external examination of a body after death. An autopsy is performed to confirm or determine the cause of death and establish other pre-death conditions, such as the type of food last consumed and the time it was consumed. | 0 | |
| 10108360062 | Ballistics | The study of the motion of bullets and their examination for distinctive characteristics after being fired. Examiners can use this evidence to match bullets or bullet fragments to specific weapons. | 1 | |
| 10108360063 | Blood Splatter | The pattern of blood that has struck a surface. This pattern can provide vital information about the source of the blood. Can help determine the size and type of wound, the direction and the speed with which the perpetrator or victim was moving, and the type of weapon used to create the blood spill. | 2 | |
| 10108360066 | Criminology | The study of criminal activity and how it is dealt with by the law. | 3 | |
| 10108360067 | DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid. Double helix strand. Genetic code (fingerprint). 50% from mom and 50% from dad. ACGT. | 4 | |
| 10108360070 | Evidence | Anything that has been used, left, removed, altered, or contaminated during the commission of a crime or other event under investigation | 5 | |
| 10108360071 | Fingerprint | The unique patterns created by skin ridges found on the palm sides of fingers and thumbs. | 6 | |
| 10108360072 | Forensic Science | The application of science to law. The application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system. The focus of forensics is the crime lab. The crime lab uses the principles and technique of biology, chemistry, physics, geology, anthropology, and other sciences in order to place physical evidence into a professional discipline. | 7 | |
| 10108360074 | Gene | A unit of inheritance consisting of a sequence of DNA that determines a particular characteristic in an organism. | 8 | |
| 10108360077 | Lie Detector | A machine that charts how respiration and other bodily functions change as questions are asked of the person being tested. Also known as a polygraph. An attempt to knowingly provide false answers can cause changes in bodily functions. | 9 | |
| 10108360078 | Luminol | A chemical that is capable of detecting bloodstains diluted up to 10,000 times. Is used to identify blood that has been removed from a given area. | 10 | |
| 10108360079 | Physical Evidence | Any object that can help explain an event under investigation, Can establish that a crime has been committed, and Sometimes can provide a link between a crime and its victim or between a crime and its perpetrator. | 11 | |
| 10108360081 | Serology | A technology dealing with the properties and actions of serums in blood | 12 | |
| 10108360083 | Toxicology | The study of poisons and drugs and their effect on human and animal populations. It is the study of symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people. | 13 | |
| 10108360084 | Trace Evidence | Material deposited at a crime or accident scene that can only be detected through a deliberate processing procedure. An individual entering any environment will deposit traces of his or her presence, and this material can be used as evidence. Examples- hairs and fibers | 14 | |
| 10108360086 | Locard's Exchange Principle | Dr Edmund Locard, a French police officer and forensic scientist. Any physical contact between a suspect and victim will result in physical evidence being exchanged between them. | 15 | |
| 10108360087 | Mass Spectrometry | A technique used by toxicologist to identify chemical compositions. The instrument breaks a chemical down into its ions and accelerates them in a magnetic field that produces a unique spectrum. | 16 | |
| 10108360088 | Mitochrondrial DNA (mtDNA) | Used to trace ancestry. Type of DNA located in the mitochondrion of most cells. Last longer than nuclear DNA. Only comes from the mother | 17 | |
| 10108360090 | Modus Operandi (MO) | The usual method of operation used by a perpetrator. Particular weapon used or taking "trophy" items from victims | 18 | |
| 10108360091 | Professional Witness | A professional person who testifies at a trial. Police officer or security guard | 19 | |
| 10108360093 | Reconstruction of a crime | Determining the way a crime happened, pieced together using evidence at the crime scene. | 20 | |
| 10108360094 | Antemortem | "Before death" | 21 | |
| 10108360095 | Perimortem | At or around the time of death | 22 | |
| 10108360096 | Postmortem | "After death" | 23 | |
| 10108360098 | Suspect | An individual who might possibly have committed the crime under investigation. Guilt is presumed or has been proven | 24 | |
| 10108360099 | Coroner | Public official who is responsible for investigating any death that may not have had a natural cause | 25 | |
| 10108360100 | Medical Examiner | Trained medical practitioner who devotes some or all of their time to forensic work | 26 | |
| 10108360101 | Odontology | Forensic dentistry, The examination of bile marks and dental identification of corpses. | 27 | |
| 10108360102 | Pathology | The study of the causes and consequences of disease and injury in relation to crime and the law | 28 | |
| 10108360104 | AFIS | Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Scans fingerprints electronically and plots the positions of their ridge characteristics, comparing them with prints in a database. | 29 | |
| 10108360111 | Chain of Custody | A list that records every official person who handles a piece of evidence. Those in the chain put their initials and the date on the evidence container. | 30 | |
| 10108360112 | CODIS | Combined DNA Index System (FBI). Used to share DNA profiles kept in the FBI's National DNA Index System (NDIS) with law enforcement bodies. | 31 | |
| 10108360113 | Cold Case | An old unsolved criminal case. Many are now being solved with the advent of DNA test. | 32 | |
| 10108360115 | Contamination | The act of ruining evidence by accidentally depositing outside trace evidence, including DNA, on items from a crime scene or suspect. | 33 | |
| 10108360117 | CPR | First aid method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is combined with chest compressions. | 34 | |
| 10108360118 | Expert Witness | A specialist witness, such as a forensic scientist, who testifies at a trial. | 35 | |
| 10108360121 | Fracture | A break, crack, or shattering of a bone | 36 | |
| 10108360124 | IAFIS | Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (FBI's). Police forces can submit samples to be compared to those on this computerized database | 37 | |
| 10108360129 | DOA | "Dead on arrival" | 38 | |
| 10108360132 | Rigor Mortis | A stiffening of the body that occurs about 30 minutes after death and continues for up to 18 hours. | 39 | |
| 10108360133 | Livor mortis | A coloration of the skin of the lower parts of a corpse caused by the settling of the red blood cells as the blood ceases to circulate | 40 | |
| 10108360134 | Algor Mortis | The postmortem cooling of the body. | 41 | |
| 10108360137 | Gunshot residue | Unburned primer powder sprayed on to the hands of someone firing a gun, and possibly on to the target | 42 | |
| 10108360141 | Trauma | A wound or a physical or emotional shock to the body | 43 | |
| 10108360143 | Manner of Death | Legal classification of how someone died determined by the coroner. Suicide, natural, accidental, or homicide | 44 | |
| 10108360144 | Accelerant | Fuel used to make a deliberately set fire burn more vigorously | 45 | |
| 10108360145 | Cause of death | The action that resulted in death, a blow to the head or brain hemorrhage | 46 | |
| 10108360146 | Class Evidence | Evidence that is specific enough to identify overall characteristics but too general for a unique identification | 47 | |
| 10108360147 | Criminalistics | The examination of physical evidence. | 48 | |
| 10108360148 | Entomology | The study of insects. | 49 |
