Introduction Flashcards
The exchange of materials between two objects that occurs whenever two objects come into contact with one another
Locord’s exchange principle
Forensic science
The application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system
Expert witness
An individual whom the court determines possessive knowledge relevant to the trial that is not expected of the average Layperson
Autopsy
The medical dissection and examination of a body in order to determine the cause of death
Rigor mortis
The medical condition that occurs after death and results in the shortening of muscle tension in the stiffening of the body parts in the position they are in when occurs
Liver mortis
The medical condition that occurs after death and results in the setting of blood in areas of the body closest to the ground
Algor mortise
Postmortem changes that cause anybody to lose heat
Forensic pathology
The field involves The investigation of sudden a natural unexplained or violent deaths
Forensic anthropology
Specialty that is concerned primarily with the identification and examination of human skeleton remains
Forensic entomology
The study of insects in the relation to a criminal investigation is known as forensic entomology
Forensic psychiatry
Specialized areas in which the relationship between human behavior and legal proceedings in examined
Forensic odontology
Provides information about the identification of victims in the bodies left in an unrecognized State
Forensic engineering
Concerned with failure analysis accident reconstruction and causes and organs of fires or explosions
What fictional exploit excited imagination of and emerging generation of forensic scientist and criminal investigators?
Sherlock Holmes
A system of personal identification using a series of body measurement was first devised by
Alphonse Bertillon
