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  2. Forensic firearm examination - Wikipedia

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    [36]: 32 The three main class characteristics of all bullets are the lands and grooves, the caliber of the bullet, and the rifling twist. [37] All three can be tied directly to the type of barrel that was used to fire the bullet. [37] The lands and grooves of barrel are the bumps and valleys created when the rifling is created. The caliber is ...

  3. Forensic footwear evidence - Wikipedia

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    If class characteristics, size match and randomly acquired characteristics found in the footwear outsole can also be found in the crime scene impressions: Investigators can determine that the specific piece created the crime scene impression. This relationship can be used as evidence to prove that the footwear's owner was at the crime scene.

  4. Locard's exchange principle - Wikipedia

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    The case studies below show how prevalent Locard's Exchange Principle is in each and every crime. [citation needed] The examples using Locard's Principle show not only how the transfer of trace evidence can tell the tale of what happened, [citation needed] [dubious – discuss] but also how much care is required when collecting and evaluating trace evidence.

  5. Forensic identification - Wikipedia

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    The two basic conceptual foundations of forensic identification are that everyone is individualized and unique. [2] This individualization belief was invented by a police records clerk, Alphonse Bertillon, based on the idea that "nature never repeats," originating from the father of social statistics, Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet.

  6. Characteristic class - Wikipedia

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    From the point of view of de Rham cohomology, one can take differential forms representing the characteristic classes, [2] take a wedge product so that one obtains a top dimensional form, then integrate over the manifold; this is analogous to taking the product in cohomology and pairing with the fundamental class.

  7. Questioned document examination - Wikipedia

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    One of those is the Scope of Expertise in Forensic Document Examination document [4] which states an examiner needs "discipline specific knowledge, skills, and abilities" that qualifies them to conduct examinations of documents to answer questions about: the source(s) of writing; the source(s) of machine-produced documents;

  8. Fiber analysis - Wikipedia

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    Fiber analysis is a method of identifying and examining fibers used by law enforcement agencies around the world to procure evidence during an investigation. Fiber analysis is also used by law enforcement agencies to place suspects at the scene of the crime. Transfer of fiber can occur during close contact with the victim or suspect.

  9. Fingerprint - Wikipedia

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    Arch: The ridges enter from one side of the finger, rise in the center forming an arc, and then exit the other side of the finger. Loop: The ridges enter from one side of a finger, form a curve, and then exit on that same side. Whorl: Ridges form circularly around a central point on the finger.