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1
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Define: forensic

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-anything pertaining to (or potentially) law, both civil and criminal

2
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Examples: forensic professions

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  • engineering
  • linguistics
  • medicine
  • computer investigation
  • pathology
  • anthropology
  • archaeology
  • psychiatry
  • social work
  • accounting
3
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____ and ____ work together to identify skeletal remains, and means of death.

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  • forensic anthropology

- forensic pathology

4
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Forensic labs prepare ____ and ____ on ____ evidence.

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  • reports
  • courtroom testimony
  • physical
5
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Define: forensic entomology

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-study of insects (anthropods) as it relates to legal issues

6
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Forensic entomology is useful in investigating…

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  • landlord-tenant disputes
  • pest control
  • real estate
  • food contamination
7
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In criminal investigations, forensic entomology is used to identify…

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  • time since death
  • location of death
  • position of death
8
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In drug trafficking, forensic entomology can be used to identify…

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-location of manufacture or packaging of drugs by identifying insects found in drugs

9
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Forensic document examination analyzes…

This process is called…

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  • elements to establish document authorship and authenticity

- questioned document examination or analysis

10
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Computer evidence recovery (forensic data recovery) involves…

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  • email and internet analysis

- data recovery techniques

11
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The goal of the Computer Evidence Recovery specialist is to…

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-recover data without altering original media or image of media