Question | Answer |
Define Forensic Science | The application of science to law |
Who are crime scene investigators? | They are trained police officers called Identification Specialists in the RCMP |
Define Forensic Biology Section: | Deals w/ all body fluids such as blood and semen, tissue and hair that might relate to the crime scene. |
Forensic Toxicology Section: | quantify s the amount of toxins, drugs,poison and alcohol in body fluids. The analysis would determine whether the does found in a body would kill or cause impairment. |
Forensic Chemistry Section: | Analyze any non-biological substance found at the scene: fiber, paint, glue, drywall, gasoline, and bomb components. Terrorist crimes |
Firearms Section | Firearms specialist compare tool marks and firearms in order determine whether a tool made a certain mark |
Questioned Documents Section | look primarily at handwriting to determine whether a person write a suspect document. |
differentiate between forensic scientists and technicians. | Technician: assist the scientist run part of the chemical analysis. Scientist perform the interpretations and might have to testify in court |
Define Pathologists | Pathologists can certainly perform many of the collections, like needle biopsies, skin scraping and the like, of tissues or fluids |
Define Anthropologists | |