Crime and Society
What is the definition of a crime?
What is an act punishable by law?
What was invented that helped to capture Harvey Crippen while on a ship bound for Canada?
What is the telegraph?
Why is sealing off a crime scene the first job of a police officer?
So potential evidence is not disturbed.
What is in the fingerprint dusting powder that reflects light?
What is aluminum?
The author of The Hound of the Baskervilles
Conan Doyle?
U.S. laws are based on Judeo-Christian views. What does this mean?
The laws of a Judeo-Christian society follow the teachings of the Bible. Many moral values of society are based on the Ten Commandments.
The father of the infamous kidnapped baby in 1932 AND state what was he famous for
(Daily Double!)
Who was Charles Lindbergh and he was the most famous aviator of his time.
Define forensic science
The technique of using scientific methods to solve crimes
What did the book say you can find in a suspect's garbage? (Name two items)
What are documents, weapons, stained clothing
Who said, "Interesting, though elementary," while looking at the penang lawyer.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Where does the term "looting" come from?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
It comes from the Hindi word "lut" which means booty.
True or False:
Many swindlers do their business through newspaper advertisements
What is true.
The criminal always takes something from the crime scene or leaves something behind.
Name at least two types of finger prints
What are arch, loop, whirl, composite
L.L. lived there
Coombe Tracey
Closely associated with looting is the secret selling of food and other items that are scarce or heavily rationed.
What is the "black market"?
Explain why the "ultimate bug killer" was considered a fraud.
What is taking two blocks and smashing a bug in between? It is fraud because you still had to catch the bug to put it between the two blocks.
He formulated the exchange principle
Who is Edward Locard
Information that was discovered from a 140-year-old lock of hair
What is 13 times the normal level of arsenic was found in Napoleon's hair?
Sir Charles Butler
Who is John Barrymore?
In the first quarter of the 19th century, how many crimes were punishable by death?
For those students asking if the packet had the wrong dates.....
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM).
What were 156 crimes?
Describe two ways the book states you could fix a sporting event.
*Paying a boxer to take a fall or a football player to throw a game
*drugging horses to win or lose
What is the edge of a scalpel used for in a crime scene?
What is pick up fine hairs and/or fibers
The part of the body that is the most indestructible.
What is teeth?
Intended to marry Stapleton.
Who is Laura Lyons?