Forensics Test

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toolmarks

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study of guns

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balistics

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can be found in hair, saliva

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DNA

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psychiatric interpretation of criminal

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profile

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causes purplish discoloration after death

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lividity

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performs autopsies

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forensic pathologist (medical examiner)

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first cut in autopsy

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y incision

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starts 3 hours after death, usually in eyelids

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rigor mortis

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study of insects

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entomology

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no 2 people have the same _____

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fingerprints or teeth

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study of teeth

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odontology

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falls at a rate of 1 degree per hour

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body temperature

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study of bones

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anthropology

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public discussion or debate

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forensics

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study of fluids

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serology

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may be only remains from a fire

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teeth

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determines cause of death

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autopsy

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document examination, firearms, imprints, explosives, and toolmarks

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forensic science

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blood, semen, hair, and urine

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DNA

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examination of skeletal remains

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forensic anthropology

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Can tell us age at time of death, gender, race, and height and weight

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bones (forensic anthropology)

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Varies from one individual to the next

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DNA code

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Provides powerfully compelling evidence

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DNA typing

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Involved in all aspects of criminal cases

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forensic scientists

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Used in public, in a court or in the justice system.

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forensic science

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Determines validity of a signature on a will, if a corporation is complying with environmental laws, and the origin of physical evidence at a crime scene.

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forensic scientist

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when a specially trained psychiatrist or investigator can examine certain crime scenes to come up with a personality profile of the offender.

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forensic profiling

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disipline involves all special relationships that may exist between document and inscription and how it relates to a person or sequence of events. includes forgery, counterfeiting, and handwriting analysis.

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document examination

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disease or old age

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natural death

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unexpected, unnatural, or unknown cases

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unnatural death

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determines if it's indeed blood

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Kastle-Meyer test

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determines if animal or human blood

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precipitin test

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provides reliable, informative evidence

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criminology

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True or false- fingerprints are inherited

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false

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term used to describe fingerprinting

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dactyloscopy

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study of lip prints

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cheiloscopy

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used in cases where sexual assault is a possibility

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rape kit

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Forensics comes from the
_______word which means ____________________

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latin; public debate

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Forensic________ deals with the body and body fluids.

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medicine

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Forensic _________ deals with all other aspects besides the body.

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science

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_______ forms a double helix and is found in the _____ of a cell.

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DNA; nucleus

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Name the blood types.

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A, B, O, and AB

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The _______ ________ was first found in the Rhesis monkey and determines if a person is positive or negative.

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Rh factor

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Lividity is when the ___ ____ ____ settle after death.

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red blood cells

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Rigor mortis starts __ hours after death in the _______.

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3; eyelids

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A dentist records the surfaces of teeth on a ________.

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odontogram

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There are ____ bones in the human body.

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206

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Female blood has ____ ______.

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barr bodies

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Determines race of skeleton.

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eye sockets, nose shape

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Determines sex of skeleton.

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pelvis, shoulders

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Imprints left on surfaces from possible murder weapons.

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toolmarks

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Drops one degree per hour after death.

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body temperature

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Usually elected lay individual who contracts with physicians to perform autopsies.

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Coroner

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True or false: A pathologist is a medical doctor.

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true

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What does a doctor have to do if he wants to perform an autopsy on someone who died from natural causes.

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get consent from the next of kin

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What is the goal of forensic science?

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to determine the facts of the case

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What can a pathologist tell you about skeletal remains?

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the sex, age, race, and height of the person.

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Why are dental records used to identify victims?

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because teeth are the last things to remain.

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_________ made up of DNA are found in the mitochondria of the cell and have __ pairs with 1 from the ____ and 1 from the ___.

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chromosomes; 23; sperm; egg

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How much does a male skeleton weigh?

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12 lbs

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How much does a female skeleton weigh?

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10 lbs

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Criminal justice classes would contain a course on _______ ________.

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forensic science

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A skeleton can tell _________, _________, and ________.

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age, gender, race, height, right handed/left handed, how person lived, debilitation or illnesses, etc.

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When does rigor mortis reverse? when does it start?

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reverses after 36 hours, starts after 3

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What are the components of DNA?

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guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine.