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FSC100 MIDTERM REVIEW EXAM- SOLVED Alexandre Lacassagne - ANS--(1843-1924) was a positivist -father of forensic medicine-pointed to charts and maps and linked crime rates with geography, the behaviour of criminals depended on their social environment
Algor Mortis - ANS--body loses heat
-core body temp falls to that of surrounding environment -0-2 hours
Alphonse Bertillon - ANS--(1853-1914)
-created the first system of physical measurements combined with photography and record keeping that police could use to define recidivist criminals
-concept of mugshots
-emphasized on creating an immediate identification system rather than understanding the inherent morphology of criminals
-this system is referred to as signaletics (or the Bertillonage method)
-changes in measurements created issues with identifying criminals correctly
-the Bertillon system was used for over 30 Years, fingerprinting replaced this system
Antemortem - ANS--before death
-can be used to identify an individual
ie. if they broke their arm before, you can tell through tissue scarring on the corpse. you can then identify them with the use of previous medical records
Associative Evidence - ANS-any evidence that places an individual at a scene and/or with a victim
atavists - ANS-insisted that criminals were born to commit crimes due to biological deviance
Autopsy and Identification - ANS--forensic autopsies occur to find a cause and manner of death. the permission of the family is not required in forensic autopsies, but they do need to be approved by the coroner
-the best is externally and internally examined and is thoroughly documented
-before external examination begins, radiographs, blood tests, fingerprints are all recorded, dental records are compared with those of missing persons
Black Putrefaction - ANS--body collapses w/ increasing pressure, gases, and purge fluid
drain
-very strong odor of decay
-motiled and blackening of exposed flesh
-internal organs and tissues break down into a creamy consistency Bloodstain Pattern Analysis - ANS--passive stains are a result of blood falling naturally due to gravity
-transfer stains are caused when an object or person bearing blood comes in contact with another subject
-spatter stains are found when blood drops are propelled onto a surface by a force or energy
Butyric Fermentation - ANS--biochemical fermenting of expose flesh
-tissue begins to dry slowly -flesh becomes a firm, cheesy consistency
Cause and Manner of Death - ANS--there are several categories that define the manner
in which a person has died: how the death occurred, where and when it occurred, and whether the death could have been Brought about by accident, suicide, homicide, natural causes, or undetermined cicrumstances
-the cause of death is the actual trauma, event, disease, or illness that triggers the physiological processes resulting in death
Cesare Lombroso - ANS--(1835-1909)
-atavist and practicing psychiatrist
-father of modern criminology -argued that criminals were born deviant based on the size and shape of their bodies
-visited hospitals, asylums, prisons, took measurements, collected writings and drawings, took photographs, etc.
Circumstantial - ANS-facts, observations, activities from which the culpability of an individual may be inferred
Class Evidence - ANS-evidence that requires classification into a more narrow range
Coroner - ANS--elected or appointed official involved in the investigation of the sudden and/or unattended death of any citizen, and whenever there is suspicion of foul play
-can seek the assistance of any specialist, when necessary, to determine the case and manner of death
-in cases where death is unexplained, sudden, and/or accidental, an inquest (a legal inquiry) may be held by the coroner to further investigate the death
Defining Death - ANS-Somatic: -the first stage
-cardiac activity stops
-no respiration or movement
Cellular:
-final stage
-metabolism ceases
-all cells are dead
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