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Final Exam Cumulative Portion Flashcards

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Frye Standard

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  • general acceptance standard
  • the court must determine whether or not the method by which that evidence was obtained was generally accepted by experts in the particular field in which it belongs
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Daubert Standard

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is the evidence relevant or reliable

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Daubert: different factors to determine whether the methodology is reliable

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  • the theory or technique can & has been tested
  • whether is has been peer viewed or published
  • its known or potential error rate
  • existence & maintained standards controlling its operation
  • attracted widespread acceptance within a relevant scientific community
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high priority collection at a crime scene

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  • body & things on it, footprints/fingerprints, anything with DNA, easily disturbed evidence, and biological material
  • anything wet must be dried
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is a coroner a physician?

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usually, but not required

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does a coroner investigate death?

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yes

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does a coroner determine COD?

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yes

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does a coroner provide death certificate?

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yes

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is a coroner appointed or elected?

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either

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is a coroner required to be a pathologist?

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no

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is a medical examiner required to be a physician?

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almost always

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is a medical examiner required to be a pathologist?

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yes

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is a medical examiner appointed or elected?

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appointed

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does a medical examiner investigate death?

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yes

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does a medical examiner determine COD?

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yes

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does a medical examiner provide a death certificate?

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yes

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sharp force wounds

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  • incised wound
  • stab wound
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incised wound

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  • clean edges
  • no bridges
  • longer than deep
  • lack of brusing
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stab wound

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  • puncture wound
  • deeper than wide
  • some bruising
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blunt force injury

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  • bruise
  • lacerations
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bruise

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caused from blood escaping from damaged vessels

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lacerations

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  • sufficient force to overstretch the skin to the point of tearing
  • most common in skin over bone
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gunshot wounds

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  • contact
  • intermediate range
  • distant range
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contact gunshot wound

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  • muzzle imprint
  • narrow ring of soot
  • ballooning/lacerations of surrounding skin
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intermediate range gunshot wound

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  • wider zone of power stippling
  • lack laceration
  • lack of muzzle imprint
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distant range gunshot wound

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  • lack stippling
  • hole size = caliber size
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factors affecting the degree of bruising

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  • how hard hit
  • material hit with
  • what body part was hit
  • blood flow/disorder
  • surface area hit
  • mediactions
  • age
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degree of bruising color

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hemoglobin -> biliverdin -> bilirubin

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K+ content of the vitreous humor used to estimate PMI

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  • vitreous humor is an extracellular fluid
  • has a low K+ content maintained in life by pumps
  • after death, the pump stops and the membrane gets leaky, so K+ moves down its concentration gradient
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3 subfields of forensic entomology

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  • stored products
  • urban entomology
  • medicolegal
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stored products

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  • insects infesting food stuffs
  • the cause/source of contamination/infestation
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what can be determined by stored products entomology?

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  • type of insect
  • where the infestation occurred
  • what is at fault?
  • development rate
  • opportunities
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urban entomology

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  • insects that affect people & property
  • the cause/source of contamination/infestation
  • help determine who is at fault
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medicolegal

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focus on necrophages (death eating) insects that typically infest/colonize human remains

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determining minimum number of individuals

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  • check if its human bone
  • look if appendage bones are left or right
  • look at number of leg bones or arm bones: more than 2 pairs, more than 1 person
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area of convergence

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  • the area containing the intersections generated by lines drawn through the long axes of individual stains
  • 2D
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area of origin

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3D location from which the splatter originated

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difference between area of convergence & area of origin

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convergence 2D
origin 3D

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force that produces high velocity blood splatter

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external force greater than 100 ft/sec

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high velocity blood splatter stains

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  • mist
  • less than 1 mm
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what causes high velocity blood splatter

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  • gun or explosives
  • industrial machinery
  • coughing or sneezing
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high velocity blood splatter distance

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travel the shortest distance because of the resistance of the air against their small mass

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medium velocity blood splatter force

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an external force between 5-25 feet/sec

44
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medium velocity blood splatter stains

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1 to 3 mm

45
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medium velocity blood splatter

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  • most created by blood flying from a body to a surface as a result of blunt or sharp force trauma
  • the body colliding with rounded or edged surfaces/vehicles
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low velocity blood splatter force

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  • less than 5 feet/sec
  • normal gravity
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low velocity blood splatter stains

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  • 3 mm or larger
  • dripping blood falls at 90° and forms a 360° circular stain
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low velocity blood splatter

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  • results from blood dripping from a person walking or running
  • dripping from blood weapon
49
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pathological features of asphyxia

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  • cells don’t receive oxygen
  • cells receive oxygen but can’t use it
  • cells are unable to eliminate CO2
50
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cyanosis

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  • condition of being blue
  • no oxygen makes hemoglobin darker
51
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petechiae

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  • blood vessels burning
  • comes from pressure on views or arteries
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