| ballistics | | the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. |
| evidence | | the identification of fired ammunition components |
| criminology | | used to determine the cause of death |
| trace evidence | | he proper handling, examination and evaluation of dental evidence |
| pathology | | dead body |
| caliber | | material found at a crime scene or accident scene in small but measurable amounts. |
| chromatography | | bullet identification |
| blood splatter | | patterns of this are an important source of forensic evidence |
| corpse | | not pure |
| luminol | | young insects |
| lie detector | | explores how insects are involved in human decomposition |
| geology | | Determination of the type and characteristics of blood, blood testing, bloodstain examination |
| forensics | | the examination of skeletal remains |
| serology | | branch of forensic medicine that deals with the cause of death |
| crime scene | | unique pattern left by the fingers |
| odontology | | the study of weather patterns |
| autopsy | | the study of legal processes and crime. |
| forensic anthropology | | used by forensic investigators to detect trace amounts of blood left at crime scenes. |
| fingerprint | | used to detect untruths |
| larvae | | the study of rocks and fossils |
| meteorology | | a separation technique to analyse ink |
| contaminated | | where the crime was committed |
| entomology | | found on the body and used to deduce the cause, time and manner of death |