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Crime Lab Evolution
100
This man was created by the physician Arthur Conan Doyle.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
100
This unit is responsible for recording physical evidence. The use procedures including x-rays and alternate light sources, such as infra-red and ultra-violet.
What is the photography unit?
100
This unit identifies and performs DNA profiling on dried blood and other body fluids.
What is the biology unit?
100
This proceeding established the standard by which scientific evidence is admissible in court.
What is Frye v. United States
100
The oldest crime lab in the United States was operated by the Los Angeles Police department and was developed in this year.
When is 1923?
200
This man's work in his 1814 treatise on the detection of poisons in animals established forensic toxicology as a legitimate scientific endeavor.
Who is Mathieu Orfila?
200
This unit examines spend bullet casings as well as evaluates tools to determine their use in a crime.
What is the firearms/ballistics unit?
200
This unit examines handwriting and determines forgery.
What is the document examination unit?
200
This person is referred to as an expert witness.
Who is a person who the court determines to possess knowledge that is relevant to the case and is not expected of the average lay person?
200
This FBI director authorized the first federal crime lab.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
300
This man's contribution to forensic science formed the basis for the collection of evidence. It stated that when two objects, or people, come into contact with one another there is an exchange of materials between them.
Who is Edmond Locard?
300
This unit is dispatched to the location of a crime to collect evidence for later analysis at the crime laboratory.
What is the crime scene investigation unit?
300
This unit is involved in telephone threats and taped messages.
What is the voiceprint analysis unit?
300
In the 1993 case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. it was determined that this person is responsible for determining the admissibility of evidence.
Who is the trial judge?
300
The reasons for the rapid growth of crime labs in the United States since the 1960's has been attributed to such reasons as the emphasis on securing scientifically evaluated evidence, the dramatic increase in the crime rate, DNA profiling, and the increase in this type of crime.
What are drug-related crimes.
400
This man pioneered DNA typing in the early 1980's and developed the first DNA profiling test in 1984.
Who is Alec Jeffreys?
400
This unit helps identify victims when the body is unrecognizable. They use dental impressions to help in their identification.
What is the forensic odontology unit?
400
This unit is responsible for the analysis of structures to determine why they failed?
What is the forensic engineering unit?
400
In 1999 this trial determined that a trial judge has the ability to determine if an expert witness' testimony is admissible in a trial.
What is Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael
400
This system was the first national database system used to identify suspects and utilized fingerprints.
What is the Automated Fingerprint Identification System or AFIS?
500
This man help pioneer firearms investigation techniques using a comparison microscope to determine if a particular gun fired a bullet.
Who is Calvin Goddard?
500
This unit examines evidence for fingerprints that cannot be seen with the naked eyes.
What is the latent fingerprint unit?
500
This is the newest field of forensics and its work includes analyzing information gained from technological devices.
What is the computer and digital analysis unit?
500
This ruling determined that new tests can be admissible in court if they are based on scientifically valid principles and techniques.
What is Coppolino v. State
500
This system is the national system used to catalog and identify suspects based on DNA profiling.
What is the Combined DNA Index System or CODIS?