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Forensics Test
Forensics test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fingerprints BCE | paintings |
| Yi Yu Ji case | burned body in a fire, used pigs to determine if it was murder or someone died in the fire |
| Marcello Malpighi | father of fingerprints; establisded fingerprint charachteristics and recorded them |
| Whilhelm | test for detecting poisions in bodies |
| Ross | more precise method of testing stomach lining for poisons |
| Orfila | father of forensic toxicology; effects on animals |
| Wichol | invented polarized microscope |
| Bayard | methods for detecting sperm in fluids using microscope; microcrystalline |
| microcrystalline | presumptive test for blood |
| Marsh | used toxicology evidence at trial |
| Photography first used... | to record crime scenes |
| Bertillon | Anthropometry; father of identification |
| Anthropomerty | uses body measurements for identification |
| Taylor Thomas | fingerprinting |
| Galton | published a book that showed usage of fingerprinting; father of fingerprinting |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | auther of Sherlock Holmes; father of modern forensics |
| serology | study of fluids (blood) |
| Landsteinger | developed a way to group blood (A, B, AB, O) |
| Lattes | perfected dried blood stains |
| Osborn | using document examination in courts |
| Locard | came up with the exchange principle |
| Exchange Principle | two object will exchange materials when they come in contact |
| Goddard | firearm examination by using comparative microscope |
| Project 2000 | mapping the human genome |
| Sir Alec Jeffery | developed the first DNA profiling test |
| Physical science unit | applies technique of chemistry; physics and geology to identify and compare evidence |
| biology unit | DNA profiling on blood stains and body fluids |
| firearms unit | examines discharged bullets, firearms ammunition, checks garments for GSR, any tool used to commit a crime |
| document examination unit | examines and records physical evidence |
| Forensic engineering | failure analysis |
| odontology | dental records |
| psychiatry | behavior disorders; determine competency |
| voice print analysis unit | investigators require skills of the voice print analysis unit to tie the voice |
| toxicology unit | examines body tissures and organs |
| latent fingerprint | processes and examines evidence |
| polygraph | lie detector, essential tool of the criminal investigator |
| crime scene investigation unit | gathers all the srime scene evidence collection into te total forensic science |
| forensic computer / digital analysis | technological devices |
| Police can collect evidence decided by... | Supreme court |
| physical evidence | evidence that exhibits one of the four states of matter |
| four states of matter | solid, liquid, gas, plasma |
| scientific method | used to test phyiscal evidence |
| purpose of using scientific method | ensures that evidence isnt tainted by emotion |
| determining admissability | DC circuit court set up a standard guideline for the judicial admissibility of scientific examanations |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| knowledge accquired from... | experience, training, and education |
| what happens to the expert witness | asked questions intended to demonstate their ability and competence pertaining to the matter at hand |
| why an exoert witness is needed.. | to evaluate evidence when the court lacks expertise to do so |
| who developed the first crime lab in the US | LAPD |
| first national lab | established by the FBI; offered forensic services to all law enforcement agencies in the country |
| ... has the worlds largest forensic lab | FBI |
| T/F there is a national system of labs in the US | false |
| why should there be a national system of labs in the US? | provides consistency in evidence |
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