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Minutia
Characteristics of the ridges which compose a fingerprint
dactyloscopy
The study of fingerprints
AFIS
Database for fingerprints
Criminalistics
The scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes; another term for
forensic science
Biometrics
The use of distinctive body characteristics for the purpose of identification used today
Whorl
Fingerprint pattern that has two deltas
Loop
Fingerprint pattern that has one delta
Arch
Fingerprint pattern that has no deltas
Spectrograph
A machine that analyzes sound waves and produces a visual record of voice patterns
, Means
Term that indicates that a person had the ability to commit a particular crime
Opportunity
Term that indicates that a person could have been at a particular crime
Toolmark
Features imparted on an object by the contact and force exerted from a tool
Druggist
A fold used to hold and/or collect evidence
Tool
The harder of two objects that comes into forceful contact with one another, resulting in
the softer object being marked
Class
A characteristic that is common to a group of object or persons
Individual
A characteristic that can be identified with a particular person or source
Criminology
Study of the crime for motive traits and behavior that will interpret the evidence; the
psychological angle
Direct
A type of evidence that establishes a fact such as eyewitness statements
Circumstantial
A type of evidence that requires an indirect judgment or inference about what happened
Motive