Forensic Experts
Potpourri
Medical Examiner's responsibilities
Evidence
Eyewitness
100
It is someone who examines blood evidence?
What is a blood analyst, or hematologist?
100
An expert in the evidence left in hand writing.
What is a handwriting expert?
100
The difference between a coroner and medical examiner is..
A coroner is an elected official and a medical examiner is a doctor.
100
Determining that the blood is Type A.
What is blood typing?
100
The study that proved that witnesses are best at identifying their own race.
What is CRE or the Cross Race Effect?
200
Evidence from the ridges and lines in the fingers is studied by_______________.
What is the fingerprint analyst or expert ?
200
What is does the first by the first responder?
Assess the crime scene.
200
Name main responsibility of the medical examiner.
What is the autopsy?
200
The procedure that you must follow so that evidence is admissible in court.
What is the chain of custody?
200
Eyewitness testimony is very influential to a jury but most ____________ are errors in testimony.
What are overturned cases or wrongful convictions?
300
Who picks up identified evidence from a crime scene and transports it back to the lab?
What is an Evidence Collector?
300
Genetic features that are unique to humans.
What are fingerprints, DNA and lip prints?
300
Two more responsibilities are ....
any two
300
This is written on the evidence after collecting and packaging.
What is your name, date, location, and description.
300
Elderly people and children are the best at this.
What is credible witness testimony.
400
Someone who is a medical doctor that specializes in biological tissues?
What is a pathologist?
400
The Rhesus Monkey factor
What does "Rh" mean in blood typing? or What is a protein on the surface of a red blood cell?
400
This elected official's main responsibility is to issue a death certificate.
What a Coroner?
400
Ridge detail and type.
What is fingerprint identification?
400
Fingerprint identification is much more accepted as evidence that these.
What are lip prints?
500
Someone who watches over the crime scene and logs everyone going in and out.
What is Crime Scene Security or police?
500
The last two responsibilities are....
Take notes and secure evidence!
500
This means "after death".
What is postmortem?
500
The perpetrator of a crime will bring something into the crime scene and leave with something from it, and that both can be used as forensic evidence.
What is Locard's Principle?
500
Most eyewitnesses will be most influenced by _______________.
What is a traumatic crime scene, or view of crime scene,or how much time was spent observing the scenario?
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