Unit 1-Intro To Forensic Science

Question 1

Forensic Science

Answer 1

The application of science to the criminal justice system.

Question 2

Name of the book that’s the first written knowledge to solving crime?

Answer 2

Hsi Duan Yu (Chinese book from 1248-how to distinguish between strangulation and drowning)

Question 3

Mathieu Orfila

Answer 3

Father of Toxicology. Published works on poisons and how they affected animals.

Question 4

Francis Galton

Answer 4

Studied fingerprints and developed a methodology for their classification.

Question 5

Dr.Leone Lattes

Answer 5

Figured out how to determine the type of blood from a dried bloodstain.

Question 6

Calvin Goddard

Answer 6

Found a way of using a comparison microscope to improve this technique to better match bullets.

Question 7

Edmond Loccard

Answer 7

Brought the issue of cross-contamination to the forefront.

Question 8

Locard’s Exchange Principle.

Answer 8

States that there is an exchange of materials when two objects come into contact with each other.

Question 9

Where and when is the oldest forensic laboratory?

Answer 9

Began in 1923 for the Los Angeles police department.

Question 10

How many crime laboratories currently in the US?

Answer 10

320.

Question 11

Testimony

Answer 11

A verbal statement given under oath.

Question 12

Expert Witness

Answer 12

Someone that has special knowledge relevant to the case.

Question 13

Pathology

Answer 13

Science that deals with disease.

Question 14

Autopsy

Answer 14

A dissection and examination of the body, often to determine why the person died.

Question 15

Forensic Pathology

Answer 15

Studies sudden, unexplained, violent deaths by using autopsies to determine cause of death.

Question 16

Rigor Mortis

Answer 16

After death, the muscles of the body relax then become rigid. Occurs w/ in 24 hours and goes away after 36 hours.

Question 17

Liver Mortis

Answer 17

Blood stops pumping and settles in the parts lowest to the ground. Occurs with in 12 hours after death.

Question 18

Algor Mortis

Answer 18

Gradual cooling of the body after death.

Question 19

Forensic anthropology

Answer 19

The identification/examination of skeletal remains.

Question 20

Forensic Psychiatry

Answer 20

Focuses on the relationship between human behaviour and criminal justice.

Question 21

Forensic Entomology

Answer 21

The study of insects to help criminal investigations.

Question 22

Forensic Odontology

Answer 22

Provides insight into the identification of individuals through their teeth.