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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 SpatterPassive, Projected, Transferred
Direction
Angle of Impact
Spikes and Spinessatellites
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