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WVU FIS 201 Exam 11. Observe something in the context of the crime
2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime
3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does"
4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work
5. Repeat until satisfied - CORRECT ANSWER-How does forensic science use
the scientific method?
Professor of forensic medicine at University of Lyon
Solved the case involving the politician found in field and died from strangling
Advocated that society, not hereditary, was responsible for crime - CORRECT
ANSWER-Alexandre Lacassagne
Medical lecturer and surgeon
"observe carefully, deduce shrewdly, and confirm with evidence"
served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes - CORRECT ANSWER-Dr. Joseph
Bell
introduced the word and concept of Kriminalistik
said physical evidence was the way to solve crimes
founded the first forensics school - CORRECT ANSWER-Hans Gross
medicine; how it first started - CORRECT ANSWER-17th and 18th century
medicine, chemistry, law, and photography - CORRECT ANSWER-19th century
microscopy, fingerprints, pathology, chemistry - CORRECT ANSWER-20th
century
Crime scene investigation - CORRECT ANSWER-deals with identification,
collection, and preservation of evidence
Pathology - CORRECT ANSWER-the body and damage to it
Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER-skeletal identification
, Odontology - CORRECT ANSWER-teeth; bite marks
entymologist - CORRECT ANSWER-bugs
Death investigation - CORRECT ANSWER-pathology, anthropology, odontology,
entymologist
Serology - CORRECT ANSWER-body fluid identification
DNA analysis - CORRECT ANSWER-identification based on genetics
Criminalists - CORRECT ANSWER-identify shoe prints, fingerprints, blood
spatter, firearms, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, soil, documents
Forensic Chemistry - CORRECT ANSWER-drug identification
arson and explosive
ink and paper
trace evidence
Toxicology - CORRECT ANSWER-drugs in the body
Digital Foreniscs - CORRECT ANSWER-video imaging, speaker identification,
digital evidence
Forensics engineering - CORRECT ANSWER-structures, materials, or processes
that fail in a crime scene
The crime lab - CORRECT ANSWER-scientific lab where crime scene evidence
is analyzed
True or False:
Forensic Scientists do not need a college education - CORRECT ANSWER-true
How a crime lab is organized - CORRECT ANSWER-jurisdiction, agency, history,
demands, type of cases, available budget
Steps of evidence analysis - CORRECT ANSWER-detection
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