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14058427350Toxicologistsstudies substances found in body0
14058434186inductive reasoningspecific to general1
14058435187deductive reasoninggeneral to specific2
14058437173Serologiststest body fluids like blood3
14058464316Locard's PrincipleEvery contact leaves a trace4
14058466157DNA AnalystsDetermine source of blood5
14058471518Literary documents specialistsstudy different handwriting6
14058476245Tool marks specialistsexamine marks left by a tool7
14058483769Latent Print Specialistsacquire fingerprints, footprints, and tire tracks8
14058490294Accuracyhow close a measurement is to the true value9
14058491119Precisionthe exactness of a measurement10
14058495076Firearms specialistexamines rifling and guns11
14058500428loop fingerprint12
14058513213whorl13
14058516386arch14
14058521656direct evidenceeyewitness accounts15
14058522994physical evidenceany object used to help determine a crime16
14058536436Trace analystsidentifies unknown substances17
14058544724Bridge18
14058548908hook19
14058569393eyean oval shaped ridge20
14058555090short ridge21
14058581249dota spot in between ridges22
14058584200double fork23
14058586672fork24
14058591312triple fork25
14058595007riflinggrooves in gun26
14058597803shoe width determinesgender27
14058601875Crime Scene ProtocolSecure, Interview, Examine, Document, Process28
14058604986Securesafe for you, them, evidence29
14058606876Interviewinterrogate witness30
14058609943examineboundaries, one entrance/exit31
14058612486documenttake pictures and sketches32
14058614643processbag it, tag it, take it to the lab33
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