Careers
What is the definition of forensic science?
The application of science to the law
What is the correct order for the scientific method?
Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion, Communicate results
Who is the father of modern pathology?
Rudolf Virchow
When reporting physical evidence findings you should always be impartial. True or False?
True
What are the proper clothing items that must be worn in the lab?
closed toed shoes, aprons, gloves, goggles, pants, etc.
The following is the specialized duty of what F.S. career?
Study criminal and behavioral psychology to aid in criminal investigations
Criminologists
Which skills are you using when you use your five senses to gather information?
Observing/ Observation
What is the main difference between a regular pathologist and a forensic pathologist?
The regular pathologist analyzes tissue samples to find irregularities, while the forensic pathologist examines the deceased to determine cause, manner, and time of death.
*Pathology= living and dead
Forensic Pathologist= dead
When collecting physical evidence you must: recognize, ______, and ________.
recognize, preserve, analyze
What are the 5 categories for manner of death?
1) Natural
2) Accidental
3) Suicide
4) Homicide
5) Undetermined
Who is responsible for transporting the body from the crime scene to the morgue?
Coroners
In a controlled experiment, a scientist is studying how long it takes parachutes of different sizes to fall to the ground. What is the manipulated/independent variable?
The size of the parachute
What did Saram contribute to forensic science?
He discovered/published detailed measurements on body temperatures decreasing, which lead us to be able to determine time of death.
What is the definition of ethics?
the branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions
When would a death be declared undetermined?
When there is no body found or only a few parts are located
What do medical examiners (MEs) do?
They perform autopsies & identify the cause, manner, and mechanism of death.
Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?
1) Love
2) Happiness
3) There are 24 students in my first period class
4) It cannot be measured
3) There are 24 students in my first period class
What does COD stand for?
Cause of Death
Because science deals with natural phenomena, forensic scientists do not have to comply with legal requirements. True or False?
False
What historical event took place in 1775?
Carl Scheele devised a test that could detect arsenic in corpses. This enhanced and changed forensic science forever.
What does AAFS stand for?
*Hint it is an organization members of this career field can belong to.
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Your friends return from a canoe trip on the lake and they are dripping wet. What inference might you make?
Their canoe tipped over
In the following scenario identify the COD, Mechanism, and Manner.
*Lucy was driving her car at night, when she took a turn too fast and flipped. When the EMTs arrived on the scene they could see that she had a major skull fracture, and she did not survive the crash.
COD: Skull fracture
Mechanism: Brain bleed & swelling
Manner: Accidental
______________________ is any object that can establish that a crime has been committed, or can link a crime and its victim or its perpetrator.
Physical Evidence
What year did the first forensic science crime lab open in the US?
1923- the first forensic science crime lab opened in LA