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Francesco Redi

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Challenged the idea that maggots develop spontaneously in decomposing meet

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Blowflies

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Typically recognized by their green or blue coloring that appears metallic. They are often the first insect present on human remains.

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Song Ci

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Wrote a book that noted that impact of insects on human remains in the late 13th century in China

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Bergeret Darbois

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Studied the general lifecycle of insects. And doing so he produced one of the first estimations of the time that has passed.

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Forensic entomology

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The study of insects, including insect behavior as it relates to crime

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Time since colonization

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How many days may have passed since insects first arrived at a body

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Entomology

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The scientific study of insects

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Herman Reinhard

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Conducted, perhaps the first systematic study in forensic entomology. He exhumed human remains and examine the different insects that were found at different stages of decomposition.

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Necrophagous insects

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Insects that feed on decomposing flesh

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Jean Pierre Megnin

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Developed a theory in the 1800s arguing that there were predictable “waves” of insects that would appear on a human remains

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Marcel Bergeret

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Was involved with one of the first recorded times when forensics entomology was used in a criminal case, which happened in 1850 in France

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Postmortem interval

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The time since a person died

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Forensic odontology

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The study of dentistry as applied to criminal investigations

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Dentition

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The unique condition and arrangement of teeht

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Sutures

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The seams where bones of the skull meet

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Osteology

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The study of bones

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Forensic anthropology

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The study of human bones in relation to criminal investigations

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Epiphyseal fusion

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The closing of the areas at the clavicle, iliac crest, and the king bones of our arms and legs

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Scatter pattern

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The displacement of bones in an area over time, due to scavengers and other factors

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Hardware

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The physical components of a computer or other device, including the hard disk, drive, random access memory (RAM) and the central processing unit (CPU)

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Browser cache

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Temporary Internet files stored on a device so that websites can load more quickly

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Swap file

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File or space on the hard drive for data from our a.m. is swapped in order to preserve space

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Network interface card

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Allows computers to communicate with each other

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Sectors

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The smallest unit of data on a hard drive

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Unallocated space
The area on a hard drive, that the operating system sees as empty
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Forensic image
Duplicate copy of the entire contents of a hard drive from the computer or other device
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Internet protocol
The address through which a computer connects to the Internet shown as a series of numbers
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Cookies
Files that are placed on a computer by some websites when the user visits the site. they contain information about user activities
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Faraday bag
Pouch that locks signals from reaching a device used for evidence collection
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Visible data
The data that is readily available because of the operating system of the computer or the device is aware of it
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Random access memory
The non permanent or volatile memory of a computer
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Hacking
The unauthorized intrusion into another device or net work
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Hex editors
Low data on a hard drive to be read on the binary level
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Hard disk drive
The main storage location for a computer
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Digital forensics
The field of forensic science, that deals with digital evidence, including evidence from computers devices and networks
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Software
The set of instructions that allows a program to complete a task
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Slack space
The extra amount of space that is not used by a file in the allocated space
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Cloud
A network of servers where data is stored remotely and accessed via the Internet
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Iris scan
A process in which a later beam pick out unique details of the iris. The information can be used to identify a person.
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DNA phenotyping
The process of using DNA to create a composite representation of a suspect or victim
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Vehicle systems forensics
Special field of forensic science, that analyzes evidence from the digital system in cars and other vehicles
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Facial recognition, software
Suffer that uses algorithms to recognize faces in photos in mash them with faces from a database
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Microbiomics
The study of the unique bacteria that live on our bodies
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Forensic palynology
A special field of forensics science, that analyzes evidence from pollen grains found at the crime scene
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Identikits
Photo identification systems that have different facial features on cards so that they can be put together to form a complete face
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Challenge forensic scientists face in the future
Limited resources
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True about iris scan
Picks out the unique characteristics of each persons iris
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Hacker generally disguise their
IP address
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E-fit system developed by who?
Scotland Yard
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What is like the “recent calls” list?
Internet history
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NIBIN contains info about
Bullets and guns
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National Crime Information Center maintained by who
FBI
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IP addresses are shown as a series of numbers, most commonly
###. ###. ###. ###.
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What is true about web based email
It is sometimes stored on the computer like other webpages
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The national integrated ballistic information network has information about what
Bullets
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The purpose of a firewall is
To stop unauthorized access to a network
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Latent data is
Generally invisible to the user
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Forensic scientist generally photograph and sketch
A computer and its components during the analysis
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The purpose of hex editors
Allow the hard drive to be read at the binary level
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What contains visible data?
Print spool file
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Do floppy disks hold more data than a CDR/RW
No
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What file may contain data written to, in case of an unexpected error or program shut down
Temporary file
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What is a duplicate copy of the entire contents of the hard drive from the computer or other device
Forensic image
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Are print spool files created each time the computer is powered on, just in case you decide to print something
No
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Nettwerk forensics might deal with
Investigating a data breach
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Ram is part of which of the following
Hardware
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Programs and the instructions for running these programs are loaded into RAM, while the computers using them
True
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An example of operating system
Linux
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Is software the set of instructions that allow a particular program to complete a task
Yes
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The computer views unallocated space as what
Empty
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Where is cloud, data stored?
On remote servers
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Body lying on the top of the ground will be skeletizedin about how long
8 months
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For bodies left on the surface of the ground bone rot begins to occur after around
12 years
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The first step in a computer facial reconstruction
Scan the school
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Which of the following is not a long bone in the arm?
Femur
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Blow fly, maggots typically hatch from eggs on a body about how long after the blowflies first arrive
One day
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Are beetles the first insects present on human remains
No
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How soon do adult blowflies typically start appearing on a body after the person is died?
0 to 60 minutes
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Scanning electron microscope, may be used to
Distinguish between the eggs of different insect species

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