Who is Carl Wilhelm Scheele?
"FBI" is an abbreviation for:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Step 1 of becoming a good observer: look at every piece of the evidence.
What is Observe Systematically?
Responsible for "processing" a crime scene by collecting evidence and photographing the crime scene.
Who is a Crime Scene Investigator?
Applying medical science to legal questions.
What is Medical Forensics?
Developed the idea that when two objects or people come into contact, something is always left behind.
Who is Edmond Locard?
The oldest federal law enforcement agency.
What is the United States Postal Inspection Service?
Step 2 of becoming a good observer: pay attention to all the details in your surroundings.
What is Turn Off Filters?
Responsible for drawing blood to be used for medical testing, transfusions, and donations.
Who is a Phlebotomist?
The most convincing type of evidence in a trial.
Eyewitness Evidence
A system of personal identification using body measurements.
What is Bertillonage?
What is Anthropometry?
The four agencies that offer forensic services at the federal level.
What are the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, and the USPS.
Step 3 of becoming a good observer: look for patterns and make connections.
What is Leave Interpretation Until Later?
Person that examines and collects evidence from dead bodies and performs autopsies.
Who is a Medical Examiner?
Evidence that points to a group of people.
What is Class Evidence?
Developed the first statistical study proving the uniqueness of fingerprints.
Who is Francis Galton?
Responsible for fighting drug trafficking and distribution.
What is the Drug Enforcement Agency?
Step 4 of becoming a good observer: remember memory is faulty.
Study criminals and their crimes to determine which traits certain types of criminals have.
Who is a Forensic Psychologist?
Evidence that points to one person alone.
Individual Evidence
Created the first DNA profiling test.
Who is Sir Alec Jeffreys?
Responsible for investigating crimes involving guns, explosives, and fires.
Faulty can be used to describe this.
What is memory?
Responsible for analyzing fingerprints left at a crime scene.
Who is a Fingerprint Analyst?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid