Quizz 1 (lecture 1) Flashcards
Define Science
Scientists ability to supply accurate and objective (unbias) information about events that occurred at a crime scene.
What is Forensic Science?
Application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system.
Forensic science is…
An applied science and is often called ‘Criminalistics”
Chemistry
transformation (chemical changes) of matter and study of matter.
Criminalistics
the science dealing with the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals.
The criminalist has no function without…
the judicial system
The analyst’s job
provide scientific info to the legal community & translate the story the evidence has to tell.
All physical evidence is
circumstantial
Circumstantial evidence carries the connotation…
untrustworthiness
Pure science
seeks to understand the physical world for its own sake
Applied science
seeks to use physical principles to obtain a desired goal
All experiments must follow…
the scientific method
Methods used in attempting to describe the physical universe
inductive & deductive reasoning
Scientists obtain what kind of data?
qualitative by observation and quantitative by measurements
Importance of publication and research?
To add to the scientific community and to not repeat something that’s already done.
