History of Forensic Science

1) Which of the following has developed a national system of regional labs _________ under the direction of the government's Home Office?

• Britain

• Japan

• The United States

• Canada

In 1923, ­­________opened the first crime laboratory in the United States.

• Arizona

• Texas

• New York

• California

Who stated in his principle that whenever objects come in contact with each other, there is a cross-transfer/exchange of evidence?

• Mathieu Orfilla

• James Marsh

• Edmond Locard

• Hans Gross

In 1932, the FBI Laboratory was opened by:

• Paul Kirk

• J. Edgar Hoover

• Herbert Hoover

• Edmond Locard

Who published Criminal Investigation, in which he discussed the benefits of the use of science in crime investigations.

• Hans Gross

• Edmond Locard

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Karl Landsteiner

First to develop a DNA profile (DNA fingerprinting) 1984

• . James Marsh

• Sir Alec Jeffreys

• Crime scene investigator

• John Smith

Father of Ballistics

• Francis Galton

• Edmond Locard

• Calvin Goddard

• Mathieu Orfila

Father of Anthropometry

• Edmond Locard

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Francis Galton

• Mathieu Orfila

Father of Toxicology

• Albert Osborn

• Calvin Goddard

• Francis Galton

• Mathieu Orfila

Father of Microscopic Forensics

• Leone Lattess

• Francis Galton

• Albert Osborn

• Walter McCrone