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Forensics Test 1 Study Guide
1.
Which case set the standard for admissibility of scientific evidence to the courts?
2.
What is the study of insects in a criminal investigation?
3.
Which person introduced DNA profiling?
4.
What was the critical issue in the Coppolino case?
5.
What is the study of teeth markings as it relates to forensics?
6.
What are the critical things to consider or do when gathering evidence at a crime scenc?
7.
Who ultimately decides whether forensic evidence is pertinent to the case?
8.
What are the criteria for an expert witness?
9.
What are the main services offered by a crime laboratory?
10.
In all cases involving evidence, who ultimately makes the decision for admissibility?
11.
Which unit studies body fluids and organs for drugs and poisons?
12.
What is the largest crime lab in the world?
13.
How many crime labs are there in the US?
14.
What are some reasons for the rapid growth of crime labs in the US in the last 25 years?
15.
What specifically is evaluated in the biology unit of a crime lab?
16.
Which scientist developed a technique for blood grouping?
17.
Explain Locard’s principle.
18.
Where is the oldest forensic lab in the US?
19.
Who wrote the first paper regarding the use of science in the field of criminalistics?
20.
Who made (or developed) the first workable crime lab?
21.
Who was the scientist that introduced the use of fingerprints as a method of ID?
22.
Who was the person who used anthropometry
23.
Who is the man known as the father of toxicology?
24.
Who wrote Sherlock Holmes?
25.
Define forensic science.
26.
What are all the areas that could be involved in criminalistics?
27.
Which scientist the use of the comparison microscope as a forensic tool?
28.
What are the considerations of criminal case? Of civil cases?