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Forensics test #1

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fingerprints BCE   paintings  
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Yi Yu Ji case   burned body in a fire, used pigs to determine if it was murder or someone died in the fire  
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Marcello Malpighi   father of fingerprints; establisded fingerprint charachteristics and recorded them  
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Whilhelm   test for detecting poisions in bodies  
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Ross   more precise method of testing stomach lining for poisons  
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Orfila   father of forensic toxicology; effects on animals  
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Wichol   invented polarized microscope  
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Bayard   methods for detecting sperm in fluids using microscope; microcrystalline  
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microcrystalline   presumptive test for blood  
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Marsh   used toxicology evidence at trial  
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Photography first used...   to record crime scenes  
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Bertillon   Anthropometry; father of identification  
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Anthropomerty   uses body measurements for identification  
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Taylor Thomas   fingerprinting  
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Galton   published a book that showed usage of fingerprinting; father of fingerprinting  
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle   auther of Sherlock Holmes; father of modern forensics  
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serology   study of fluids (blood)  
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Landsteinger   developed a way to group blood (A, B, AB, O)  
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Lattes   perfected dried blood stains  
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Osborn   using document examination in courts  
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Locard   came up with the exchange principle  
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Exchange Principle   two object will exchange materials when they come in contact  
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Goddard   firearm examination by using comparative microscope  
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Project 2000   mapping the human genome  
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Sir Alec Jeffery   developed the first DNA profiling test  
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Physical science unit   applies technique of chemistry; physics and geology to identify and compare evidence  
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biology unit   DNA profiling on blood stains and body fluids  
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firearms unit   examines discharged bullets, firearms ammunition, checks garments for GSR, any tool used to commit a crime  
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document examination unit   examines and records physical evidence  
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Forensic engineering   failure analysis  
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odontology   dental records  
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psychiatry   behavior disorders; determine competency  
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voice print analysis unit   investigators require skills of the voice print analysis unit to tie the voice  
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toxicology unit   examines body tissures and organs  
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latent fingerprint   processes and examines evidence  
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polygraph   lie detector, essential tool of the criminal investigator  
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crime scene investigation unit   gathers all the srime scene evidence collection into te total forensic science  
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forensic computer / digital analysis   technological devices  
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Police can collect evidence decided by...   Supreme court  
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physical evidence   evidence that exhibits one of the four states of matter  
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four states of matter   solid, liquid, gas, plasma  
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scientific method   used to test phyiscal evidence  
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purpose of using scientific method   ensures that evidence isnt tainted by emotion  
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determining admissability   DC circuit court set up a standard guideline for the judicial admissibility of scientific examanations  
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under what circumstances is evidence allowed in court   scientist must be able to be questioned on procedure, techinique, or principles. and evidence must be able to be retested and come up with the same result  
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expert witness   an individual who the court determines to posses knowledge relevant to the trial that is not expected of the average person to know  
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knowledge accquired from...   experience, training, and education  
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what happens to the expert witness   asked questions intended to demonstate their ability and competence pertaining to the matter at hand  
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why an exoert witness is needed..   to evaluate evidence when the court lacks expertise to do so  
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who developed the first crime lab in the US   LAPD  
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first national lab   established by the FBI; offered forensic services to all law enforcement agencies in the country  
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... has the worlds largest forensic lab   FBI  
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T/F there is a national system of labs in the US   false  
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why should there be a national system of labs in the US?   provides consistency in evidence  
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