Criminalistics Test #1

Locard’s Principle

No criminal can enter or leave a crime scene without leaving something behind and taking something with them.

Class

Shoe manufacturer, manufacturer of a bullet and or gun, brand of knife, perfume/cigarette smoke/buts

Individual

DNA, camera footage, wear of shoe print, reliable eyewitness testimony, handwriting analysis

what bullet was used in the JFK shooting

6.5 millimeter

where was he shot

the neck and skull

what path does a bullet take

It takes the path of an arch

what floor was the shooter on

6th

who shot JFK

Lee Harvey Oswald

Best way to find all the individual marks in a shoe sole.

by creating a plaster impression

How many pieces of evidence do you typically need to take a perpetrator to court

To hopefully convict beyond a reasonable doubt.

8

8 types of evidance

physical, testimonial, circumstantial, direct, forensic, Documentary, Digital, demonstrative.

What is the best kind of evidance

Physical

grove

the indetation inside the barrel of the gun and

Land

part of the gun barrel that is extruding

Shotgun

smooth barrels

Rifle/ handgun

Grooved barrel

How can a gun be identified by a bullet using this anatomy?

by the striations on the bullet, caliber of the bullet

6 different characteristics that a shoe print can lead to an

individual.

shoe size, logos, wear patterns, shoe type, weight distribution, forgine object embedded with in the sole