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What is Forensic Science?
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The application of science to law.
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Who was Mathieu Orfila?
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The father of toxicology.
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Who was Alphonse Bertillon?
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He made up the first personal id program in which a series of measurements were made and recorded
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Who was Francis Galton?
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He discovered fingerprints and came up with a way to classify them.
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Who was Leone Lattes?
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He discovered a simple way to determine the blood type of a blood stain.
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Who was Calvin Goddard?
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He came up with the comparison mircoscope and used it for bullet examination.
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Who was Albert S. Osborn?
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He wrote about document examining.
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Who was Walter C. McCrone?
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He was a leading microscopist and a great teacher
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Who was Hans Gross?
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He discovered the use of forensics to criminal justice
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Who was Edmond Locard?
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He had the "Locard Exchange Principle" which stated the exchange of materials between two objects that occurs whenever two objects come into contact with one another
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When did the FBI organize the first crime lab?
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1932
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Where/when was the first crime lab opened (in the US)?
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1923 in the LA police department.
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What are the basic services provided by a full service lab?
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Physical Science Unit, biology unit, firearms unit, document examination unit, and photography unit
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What does the physical science unit do?
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Applies principles and techniques of chemistry, physics, and geology to the identification and comparison of crime-scene evidence.
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What does the biology unit do?
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Apply their knowledge to bloodstains and DNA profiling
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What are the optional services provided by a full service lab? (5)
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A toxicology unit, a latent finger pring unit, a polygraph unit, a voiceprint analysis unit, and an evidence collection unit
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What is the "Frye standard"?
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This is the standard for accepting a certain proceedure as to if it is "generally accepted" throughout the scientific community.
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What is the flaw of the "Frye standard"?
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The flaw in this standard is that it does not allow for new processes to take hold
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What are the "Federal Rules of Evidence"?
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According to this standard it is the job of the trail judge to decide if expert testimony rests on a reliable foundation
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What are some other forensic services? (6)
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Forensic pathology, forensic anthropology, forensic entomology, forensic psychiatry, forensic ontology, and forensic engineering
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