Forensic chapter 1 vocab

expert witness

a person whose education, training, etc is believed to have expertise knowledge in a subject

Locard’s principle

every criminal carried dust from the crime scene

Anthropometry

a systematic procedure of taking a series of body measurement to tell people apart

Fry vs US

in order to be admitted as evidence, the prosecute must be honorably accepted by a large group of experts

exemplars

handwriting samples for comparison

forensic science

the application of science to criminal and civil laws

direct evidence

evidence that establishes a fact

individual characteristics

writing styles that are unique to an individual