People
This person was the founder of forensic toxicology and spent many years studying poisons.
Who is Mathieu Orfila?
This is the common meaning of the terms “lawsuit”.
What are civil cases?
Fill in the blank: An ethical issue that arises in forensic science is that of _____
What is bias?
This is the system for identifying suspects using 11 body measurements coined by Alphonse Bertillon.
What is Anthropometry?
This person served as a medical examiner in Paris and developed an advanced photographic method of comparing markings on bullets.
Who is Victor Balthazard?
These are violations of criminal laws and involve the government as the body that is charging an individual.
What is a criminal case?
This is when analysts are expected to find evidence to support their /their agency’s side.
What is Prosecutorial bias?
This term was coined by Hans Gross to describe forensic analysis of physical evidence.
What is Criminalistics?
This person pioneered the idea, “every contact leaves a trace”.
Who is Edmond Locard?
This is the party that files the criminal charges.
Who is the prosecution?
This is a series of steps including making a hypothesis, testing, revising, and recording.
What is the scientific method?
“every contact leaves a trace”.
What is Locard’s exchange principle?
This person developed the first systematic method for identifying suspects.
Who is Alphonse Bertillon?
The accused party is called this.
Who is the defendant?
This is where the prosecution introduces the scientist and then has that person describe their qualifications, including academic background, training, and experience.
What is the Voir Dire?
This is a legal document summoning a witness, expert, or piece of evidence to trial.
What is a subpoena?
This person established scientific examination of firearms.
Who is Calvin Goddard?
This is a region or geographical area over which law enforcement or a legal entity can excise authority.
What is a jurisdiction?
True/False: It is the forensic scientist’s job to identify the guilty party and make sure they are punished.
What is false?
This is the system where two teams (the plaintiff/prosecutor and the defendant) debate until a decision is reached by a judge.
What is the Adversarial System?