Intro To Forensics Flashcards
What is Forensics science
The application of science to both criminal and civil laws
What are civil laws?
Laws between citizens like custody laws and divorce cases
Who is Orfila?
Father of Forensic Toxicology
Who is Bertillon?
Made the personal ID system
Who is Galton?
Made the fingerprint system
Landsteiner?
Came up with the wet blood groups
What are the wet blood groups?
A,B,AB,O
Lattes
Made the system to identify dry blood groups
Goddard
Bullet and gun comparisons using a test fire analysis
Osborn?
Forensic document examination (forgeries,wills)
Gross
Applied science to crime scenes, Kriminologie
Locard?
First crime lab in Europe
What is Locard’s exchange principal
That the criminal leave something at the crime scene and the scene leaves something on the criminal
Why is this principle crucial
It links the suspect directly to the crime
