Chapter 1 Flashcards
(29 cards)
What is the application of science to the criminal law and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies?
Forensic Science
What is a process to ensure careful and systematic collection, organization, and analysis?
Scientific Method
Who is a person in which the court as deemed to possess knowledge about a specific topic relevant to the case?
Expert Witness
What refers to the ability to properly identify evidence related to a crime?
Recognition
What is the process of getting the evidence in preparation for the evidence container?
Collection
What is the term for the process of correctly placing evidence into its proper container?
Preservation
What is the term for a medical doctor with specialized training in forensic science?
Forensic Pathologist
What forensic professional may examine bitemarks and dentition of a deceased?
Forensic Odontologist
What forensic professionals primarily work with skeletal remains to assist in time of death?
Forensic Anthropologist
What forensic professionals investigate structural and mechanical integrity?
Forensic Engineers
What is the study of insects in an attempt to determine the post-mortem interval?
Forensic Entomology
What forensic professional assists in determining the mental state of a defendant?
Forensic Psychiatrist
What area of forensics is responsible for analyzing computers, cellular phones, and other electronic devices?
Digital Forensics
Who is known as the “Father of Toxicology”?
Mathiew Orfila
Who was the french anthropologist that devised a method of taking measurements of the body?
Alphonse Bertillon
Who was the first in identifying the fingerprints patterns of loops, arches, and whorls?
Francis Galton
Who was the first in identifying the different blood groups?
Leon Lattes
Who was recognized as being the first to advance the field of ballistics?
Calvin Goddard
Who coined the term “criminalistics”?
Hans Gross
Who was responsible for providing the theory that whenever two things come into contact, there is sharing between the two?
Edmond Locard
What crime laboratory section utilized biochemists and biologists to perform DNA analysis?
Biology
What forensic professional is responsible for the analysis of firearms, shell casings, and discharge?
Firearms Examiner
What crime laboratory section uses geology, physics, and chemistry to identify and compare evidence?
Physical Science
What is the name for forensic specialist responsible for performing procedures, such as taking photo evidence?
Forensic Photographer
