Observations and Inferences
This is what we call a likely explanation of events.
What is an inference?
The cornerstone of forensics, a certain "exchange principle," was named after this man.
Who is (Edmond) Locard?
This federal organization organized a national lab that offered forensic services to all law enforcement agencies, starting in the 1930s.
What is the FBI?
This is the most common unit we use to measure lengths of body parts in this course, according to the latest lab.
What is centimeters?
This was the city where the first US police crime lab was established.
What is Los Angeles?
Predicting the outcome of a sports game is considered this.
What is an inference?
The first police crime lab in the world was founded by this gentleman.
Who is Edmond Locard?
The oldest forensic lab in the US was established by this man.
Who is August Vollmer?
This is a systematic procedure of taking a series of body measurements as a means of distinguishing individuals. (Not looking for the man's name.)
What is anthropometry?
(Half-credit for "anthropology")
This is the city where the first forensic laboratory in the world was set up.
What is Lyons, France?
This is what a non-numerical observation is called.
What is qualitative?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle originally gave life to this fictional character.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
This person developed a procedure for determining the blood group of a dried blood stain, a method is still used today.
Who is Leone Lattes?
This man is credited as the first to develop a scientific system of personal identification.
What is Alphonse Bertillon?
This state's DOJ established a model for a state & regional crime lab network.
What is California?
A measurement with an instrument is an example of this. (Need a two word phrase)
What is a quantitative observation?
This person utilized the comparison microscope to analyze bullets.
Who is Calvin Goddard?
In the early 1900s, he discovered that human blood can be grouped into different categories of A, B, AB, and O.
Who is Dr. Karl Landsteiner?
This is the measurement taken from the bottom of your seated bottom to the top of your head.
What is "trunk?"
This is the country that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is from.
What is England/Britain/Great Britain/United Kingdom/the UK?
Name the classic 5 senses.
What are sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste?
(In any order; partial credit is NOT permitted)
This is Sherlock Holmes' investigative partner and friend.
Who is (Dr. John) Watson?
This fellow developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
Who is Albert S. Osborn?
This system of identification came after Bertillon's, and was pioneered by Francis Galton.
What is fingerprints?
OR what is fingerprinting?
The New York State Police Crime Lab System has its headquarters in this capital city.
What is Albany?