Forensic Science: New Detectives: Death Grip Answer the following questions in your notebook while you watch

the episode. The questions are in order according to the show. Case 1: 1. What kind of surface is the garbage bag for prints? Support your answer. 2. Why was it believed that the killer lived in the area? Why might a killer dump bodies so close to home? Support your answer. 3. Why might the print from the scene not match any in the system? 4. Who is Diane Donnelley? 5. What technique did the police use to get the print off the tape? Did it work? 6. What finally worked to get the print? Why couldnt they use it to convict someone? 7. What was the new technique being used in Canada? Why dont we use it here? 8. What kinds of surfaces can this technique be used on? Why is it typically a last resort? 9. How does this technique work? Be specific. 10. How would you go about preserving a print for 6+ years? Case 2: 11. How did Hollywood differ from 1963 to now? 12. Why do you think so many detectives joined the case? Who would solve the case? Why? 13. How long has fingerprinting been around? Who claimed it would work? Which police department first used fingerprinting? 14. What 2 facts must be true for fingerprinting to work? 15. What is the makeup of a latent print? 16. Why is it so important to include so much information on each fingerprint card? 17. What is an elimination print? 18. Describe the ink and roll method. OVER

19. How many prints were looked at in Thora Roses case? Why might they not have found the match? 20. Why is AFIS better than the old method? 21. Why did the detectives decide to put the prints from the case into AFIS? 22. What did the examiner have to do to the prints before putting them into AFIS? Why? Case 3: 23. What was the suspects alibi? Was it valid? 24. Why doesnt AFIS always work? 25. What was (were) the murder weapon(s)? What did the killer take from the victim? 26. Why were the boots not enough to convict the killer? 27. Why would powder not work in this case? 28. How do you choose which fingerprint technique to use in a case? 29. Describe the iodine method used. How does it differ from the one you used? What is the downfall of this method? 30. How can you speed up the ninhydrin reaction? 31. Why must powder be used after cyanoacrylate? 32. What steps were taken in the development of the bloody fingerprint on the doorframe? Be specific. 33. Why was the print on the door jam not enough to convict? 34. Why was it so hard to make the print on the ski pole grip visible? How did they do it? 35. How does the episode of the New Detectives differ from forensic science shows, such as CSI or NCIS, on TV? Be specific.

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