Forensic Science terms starting with P

14 terms

1. peer an individual having expertise in a specific functional area or discipline gained through documented training and experience.
2. Performance Audits the review of laboratory administration, management, sections and/or analysts for compliance with policies, procedures, and operational effectiveness…
3. Policy The contract form issued by the company to explain the coverage provided. It is a legal document.
4. Population the totality of items or units of material under consideration.
5. Postmortem After death. Often used to describe an autopsy.
6. Principle a basic rule, assumption or quality; a fixed or predetermined policy or mode of action.
7. Probability The chance that an event occurs. It is usually expressed as a percent. Zero percent denotes impossibility, while 100% denotes certainty.
8. procedure The rules for the conduct of a lawsuit; there are rules of civil, criminal, evidence, bankruptcy, and appellate procedure.
9. Process Development the act of defining and describing a process. It may include planning, architecture, design, implementation, and validation.
10. Proficiency Test a process to evaluate the competence of an analyst/laboratory by evaluation of the results obtained on test materials.
11. Proper seal a seal that prevents loss, cross-transfer, or contamination while ensuring that attempted entry into the container is detectable.
12. Property Inventory the physical accounting of capital equipment.
13. protocol An action plan for a clinical trial. The plan states what the study will do, how, and why.
14. Pulmonary Edema an abnormal buildup of fluid in the air sacs of the lungs.