History
This country is credited with having some of the earliest records of applying forensics to solve criminal cases.
What is China?
Testimony from this type of witness is considered non-specialized.
What is a lay/ordinary witness?
What is the firearm unit?
The application of science to law.
What is forensic science?
What is the document examination unit?
The oldest crime lab in the United States is located here.
Where is Los Angeles Police Department?
A person with a particular skill, education, experience, or knowledge may be used as this in a courtroom.
What is an expert witness?
This process is used in investigations and interrogations to determine honesty of individuals.
What is the polygraph unit?
The main functions of this person is to analyze physical evidence, judge scientific evidence and determine admissability of evidence.
What is the forensic scientist?
This unit tests for DNA.
This crime lab is the largest crime lab in the world.
Where is the FBI crime lab in the U.S.A.?
This principle states that when 2 objects come into contact with each other, a cross-transfer of materials occurs.
What is Locard's exchange principle?
This unit prepares exhibits for court and examines / records physical evidence using digital imaging, infrared, ultraviolet and X-rays.
What is the photography unit?
This person was the first to develop a DNA profiling test.
Who is Sir Alec Jeffreys?
This specialized forensic service examines the relationship between human behavior and legal proceedings, often deciding if a defendant is competent to stand trial.
What is forensic psychiatry?
This person was the first to use fingerprints for identification purposes.
Who is Francis Henry Galton?
In the ruling Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., this person is responsible for ensuring the evidence is relevant in a case.
Who is the trial judge?
This lab examines body fluids and organs to determine the presence of drugs or poisons.
What is the toxicology unit?
This procedure classifies blood as type A, B, AB or O.
What is blood grouping?
This unit applies chemistry, physics and geology principles and techniques.
What is the physical science unit?
This person is known as the 'Father of Toxicology'.
Who is Mathieu Orfila?
A procedure, technique, or principal must be considered this as a result of Frye v. United States
What is generally accepted?
This unit uses a sound spectrograph to create a visual image that can identify an individual due to each person having a different one.
What is voiceprint analysis?
Changing judicial requirements, an increase in crime rates, DNA profiling and illicit drug use/seizures has contributed to this.
What is a growth in crime labs?
These are the most common reasons that a forensic odontologist may be consulted in a crime.
What is for bite analysis and dental structure for unidentified individuals?