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A person who is permitted to testify at a trial, because of special knowledge of proficiency in a particular field, that is relevant to the case |
Expert witness |
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States that when two objects coming to contact with each other across transfer, of materials occurs |
Locards exchange principle |
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A process that uses strict guidelines to ensure careful and systematic collection organization in analysis of information |
Scientific method |
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Application of science to the laws |
Forensic science |
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A systematic procedure that involves taking a series of body measurements as a means of distinguishing one individual from another |
Anthropometry |
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Lie detector |
Polygraph |
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A visual graphic display of speech |
Voiceprint |
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Describes the services of a crime laboratory |
Criminalistics |
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Forensic science is the application of science to |
Both civil and criminal laws |
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Who is known as the father of forensic toxicology? |
Orfila |
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Who developed a system known as anthropometry |
Bertillion |
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Who under took the first definitive study of fingerprint as a method of personal identification |
Galton |
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Who devised a technique for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, which he applied to criminal investigations? |
Lattes |
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Who established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the modern firearms examiner |
Goddard |
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Who wrote the first treatise describing the application of science to the field of criminal investigation |
Gross |
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Who established the first workable crime laboratory |
Located |
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What is the oldest forensic laboratory in the US? |
Los Angeles Police Department |
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Which entity maintains the largest crime laboratory in the |
Federal bureau of investigation |
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Which of the following would not be included in the work of biology unit of a crime lab? |
Fingerprint analysis |
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Karl Landsteiner and Leone lattes associated with the area of blood typing |
True |
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Colin pitchfork, was the first individual exonerated using DNA profiling |
False |
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Dr. Walter C McCrone made significant contributions to forensic science involving microscopy |
True |
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The increase in crime rates in the United States, has led to an increase in the number of crime laboratories |
True |
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It is the responsibility for the forensic investigator to determine innocence or guilt |
False |
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The bureau of alcohol, tobacco firearms and explosives is a State run agency |
False |
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The current system of crime laboratories in the US is decentralized |
True |
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Forensic odontologist just look at bones to identify victims |
False |
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The principle of general acceptance comes from frye v the United States |
True |
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The American Academy of forensic sciences is the largest forensic science organization in the world |
True |
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes had a large influence on popularizing scientific crime detection method |
True |
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The dramatization of forensic science on television has led to a phenomenon, known as what |
CSI effect |
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What judicial case set forth the most current guidelines for determining the admissibility of scientific examinations in federal court? |
Daubert versus Merrell dow pharmaceuticals |
