Review for Forensic Science Spring Final Exam
Ballistics Rifling sequence
Cartridge Bullet Case Cartridge Primer
Bullet VS Case Lands and grooves Firing pin ejector
Trajectory 2 reference points Shooters location
Blood Spatter Passive, Projected, Transferred
Direction
Angle of Impact
Spikes and Spines satellites
1st 3 steps Is it blood? Is it human? Determine type. A B AB O Class vs individual evidence
What can we Learn? 1. Distance from the blood source to the target 2. Direction of travel and impact angles 3. Nature of the force used to cause the bloodshed 4. The object used to cause the bloodshed 5. Sequencing of multiple bloodshed events 6.Interpretation of contact or transfer patterns
Handwriting Exemplar