LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION // CHAPTER 1

Question 1

What is forensic science?

Answer 1

a mixed science that associates people, places and things with criminal activities

Question 2

How is FS different from other sciences

Answer 2

These scientific disciplines assist in investigating and adjudicating criminal and civil cases

Question 3

What does “forensic” mean

Answer 3

‘as applied to public or legal concern’

Question 4

Chain of custody

Answer 4

Document and process used to identify, authenticate and trace evidence from the crime scene to the court room. It contains the signatures of everyone who comes into contact with/possession of the evidence

Question 5

When and by whom was the modern fingerprinting system created?

Answer 5

Edward Henry

Question 6

What 4 factors affect evidence analysis?

Answer 6

1) Chain of custody - evidence render d inadmissible if broken
2) Turn around time - if evidence not analysed by specific time than useless
3) Sampling - too many samples or too little for analysis
4) . Reports - lack of uniformity between labs

Question 7

Who created the ABO blood typing system?

Answer 7

Karl landsteiner

Question 8

criminalistics

Answer 8

a term commonly used synonymously with FS

• It is thought of as a branch of FS concerned with collecting and analysing evidence from criminal activity