People
Who created the Loccard Exchange and what is it?
Edmund Loccard and the loccard exchange is when two objects come into contact, there is an exchange of information, or microscopic material
A(n) _____ pattern commonly originates from repeated strikes from weapons or fists and is characterized by an arc pattern of separate drops showing directionality.
Cast Off
The believability of ____ accounts, confessions, and informant testimony can all be disputed, maligned, and subjected to severe attack and skepticism in the courtroom.
Eye witness
Each item collected at the crime scene must be placed in a(n) _____ container.
Separate Container
The primary objective of the autopsy is to determine the ____.
Cause of death
What did Albert Osborn Do?
Applying scientific principles to document examination
The number and type of tests needed to identify a substance must be sufficient to all other substances and must be sufficient to ____ all other substances from consideration.
Rule Out
In the case of Michigan v. Tyler, the Supreme Court dealt with search-and-seizure procedures at a(n) _____ scene.
Arson
The term____ encompasses all objects that can establish or disprove whether a crime has been committed or can link a crime and its victim or its perpetrator.
Physical Evidence
The process of the blood settling in parts of the body closest to the ground after death is known as ____.
Livor Mortis
A system of personal identification using a series of body measurements was first devised by ___.
Alphonse Bertillion
The possibility of future legal proceedings requires that a(n) ____ be established with respect to the possession and location of physical evidence.
Chain of Custody
The 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision _____ addresses the practice of using affidavits in lieu of in person testimony by forensic examiners.
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
The____ unit dispatches personnel to the scene of a crime to retrieve evidence for laboratory examination.
Crime scene investigation
Although both a coroner and a forensic pathologist are charged with investigating a suspicious death, only the____ is trained to perform an autopsy
Forensic Pathologist
____ is responsible for developing the first statistical study proving the uniqueness of fingerprints.
Francis Galton
_____ is the frequency of occurrence of an event.
Probability
A Florida case that exemplifies the flexibility and wide discretion that the trial judge has in matters of scientific inquiry is _____.
Coppolino v. State
The ____ arriving on the scene of a crime is responsible for taking steps to preserve and protect the area to the greatest extent possible, and this person must rely on his or her training to deal with any violent or hazardous circumstances.
First Officer
The _____ method of bloodstain documentation involves setting up a border of rulers around the pattern and then placing a small ruler next to each stain to show relative position and size in photographs.
Perimeter Rule
The Italian scientist ___ devised the first workable procedure for typing dried bloodstains
Leone Lattes
The ____ of a blood stain pattern in a three dimensional space illustrates the position of the victim or suspect when the stain-producing event took place.
Area of Origin
The general acceptance principle, which serves as a criterion for the judicial admissibility of scientific evidence, was set forth in the case of ____.
Frye v. United States
When documenting bloodstain patterns, the ______ involves setting up a grid of squares of known dimensions over the entire pattern and taking overview, medium-range, and close-up photographs with and without the grid.
Grid Method
____ programs provide an extensive symbol library and may create a three dimensional sketch.
computer aiding drafting (CAD)