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Who started the first federal crime lab?
J Edgar Hoover
Where was the first crime lab in the USA?
Los Angeles
What replaced the ABO blood typing system?
DNA or DNA fingerprinting
Developed the "exchange principle" that is named after him.
Locard
Known for "Anthropometry"
Bertillon
What first replaced anthropometry in suspect identification?
fingerprinting
What type of crime scene photo would take images of things like: serial numbers, individual bullet casings, individual tattoos, wounds, or bloodstains
close-up
Name a forensics database.
CODIS, AFIS, NDIS...
He developed the use of DNA fingerprinting to identify an individual based on their DNA sequence.
Jeffreys
Stated "That if two items come in contact there is an exchange of matter between the objects."
Locard
Name 2 types of DNA technology.
DNA fingerprinting, gel electrophoresis, PCR, RFLP, SNP, mitochondrial DNA...
How did the YiYuJi case with the pigs help prove the woman murdered her husband?
He did not have ashes in his mouth.
Used a comparative microscope to comparison striations on bullets for firearm identification.
Goddard
Wrote "A Treatise on Poisons"
Orfila
Wrote the book "Questioned Documents"
Osborn
What are the 3 types of crime scene photography?
Overall, mid-range, and close-up
What is the first identification of suspects called?
Anthropometry
Known as the "Father of Criminalistics"
Gross
This physician is known as the "Father of Toxicology".
Orfila
What contribution did Francis Galton make to forensic science?
Francis Galton designed the form used for fingerprinting and promoted its use a a means of identifying criminals.
Where was the first federal research and training center?
Quantico, Virginia
Give an example of Locard's exchange principle. (BE SPECIFIC)
Example shows a transfer of materials. Such as: fibers on broken glass, pollen on a shirt, DNA on a cup...
What was the YiYuJi used for?
It gave examples of cases that used scientific methods for solving the crimes, like the pig experiment.
Known for ballistics (firearm and bullet comparison)
Goddard
Wrote the book "Finger Prints"
Galton