The sensitivity of the Takayama and Teichmann crystal tests for the identification of bloodstains is ________ the sensitivity of the Kastle-Meyer color test for bloodstain identification.

The U.S. Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service maintain a data bank of ink dye patterns developed by what method?

In what court case did the Supreme Court hold that handwriting is nontestimonial evidence not protected by Fifth Amendment privileges?

If a hair does not have a follicular tag, an expert witness would be on the best scientific footing with which of the following statements?

Beard hairs are coarse and normally what shape in cross-section?

The separation of STRs using capillary electrophoresis:

Which of the following is an important characteristic of printers, photocopiers, and fax machines?

The possibility of recognizing known writing habits in samples produced when a writer is under the influence of drugs or alcohol is ________ the possibility of recognizing known writing habits produced when the writer of a sample is not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

The property exhibited by dyes that emit infrared light when exposed to blue-green light is known as what?

Which of the following statements about mitochondrial DNA is incorrect?