Specialties
Specialties
Vocabulary
History of Forensics
History of Forensics
100
What are two responsiblities of a forensic artist?
They use facial reconstruction, age progression, composite imagery, or digital technology to identify missing children, criminal suspects, or victims of crime.
100
This forensic scientist identifies human remains by comparing teeth to dental records. They may also examine and identify bite marks.
Forensic Dentist or Odontologist
100
Define Evidence.
Anything that can bue used to prove facts in a court of law, forensic science usually involves physical evidence like DNA or ballistics.
100
Developed the exchange principle that is named after him, the idea that if two items come in contact there is an exchange of matter between the objects.
Edmond Locard
100

What is a radioactive isotope of carbon which is found in the cells of all living organisms and environments

Radiocarbon

200
What are two of the responsiblities of Crime Scene Investigators?
They are responsible for gathering information at crime scenes,determining what evidence is important, collecting the evidence, preserving the evidence, conducting field tests, and reconstructing a sequence of events.
200
This forensic scientist studies injury and disease to determine the cause of sickness or death, may also perform autopsies.
Pathologist or Medical Examiner?
200

What is forensic science?

The application of science to criminal and civil laws and the collection, preservation and analysis of evidence

200
He developed the use of genetic fingerbrinting to identify an individual based on their DNA sequence.
Alec Jeffreys
200

What era included the first use of microscopes?

The Renaissance 

300
What are three of the jobs that fall into Criminalistics? Criminalist is the general name for scientists who use their expertise in an area to discover what happened during a crime.
Areas include crime scene reconstruction, drug analysis, forensic chemistry, trace evidence analysis, firearms examination, latent fingerprint examination, voice analysis, forensic serology, DNA analysis, impressions analysis, and questioned document examination.
300
They study human behaviors and profile criminals and victims to understand the circumstances around a crime.
Forensic Psychologists and Psychiatrists
300

What is an expert witness?

One who is qualified as an expert by education, knowledge, skill or experience

300

Is a fingerprint identification system, created by Edward Henry to identify Indian criminals, with 1,024 primary print groupings. It used Galton’s labels, but assigned a value to each finger.

Henry Classification System

300

 What case brought about the initial establishment of DNA databanks?

Andrews vs. State

400
What are two responsibilities of a forensic engineer?
They determining material or strucutral failures and reconstructing events such as building collapses or car accidents.
400

 Studies soil and minerals to link suspects to locations using microscopes, sieves, X-ray diffraction

Forensic Geologist

400

What is the Daubert Ruling ?

The standard used by a trail judge to determine whether an experts scientific testimony is based on reasoning, methodology or scientifically valid

400
This physician is known as the "Father of Toxicology".
Mathiew Orfila
400
What contribution did Francis Galton make to forensic science?
Francis Galton designed the form used for fingerprinting and promoted its use a a means of identifying criminals.
500
What are two responsiblities of a forensic entomologist.
They identify insects found at a crime scene and study insect life cycles to determine when death occured and to construct a sequence of events.
500
This forensic scientist studies analizes drugs or poisons and studies their effect on organisms.
Forensic Toxicologist
500

What is Lift Writing?

The impression left by a writing utensil on the paper below the one containing the original writing.

500

This standard determines whether a piece of evidence is admissible in court using scientific proof.

What is the Frye Standard

500

This was used as evidence in the John Toms case.

A torn edge of a newspaper

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