History of Forensic Science & Crime Labs

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

• Arizona

• Texas

• New York

• California

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

Father of Anthropometry

• Edmond Locard

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Francis Galton

• Mathieu Orfila

Father of Toxicology

• Albert Osborn

• Calvin Goddard

• Francis Galton

• Mathieu Orfila

Dr.Karl Landsteiner developed a procedure for determining human blood groups A, B, AB, and O based on the antigens they contained.

• True

• False

Leone Lattes developed a procedure to determine blood types from dried blood stains.

• True

• False

The first known Forensic Science case happened in __________

• China

• USA

• France

• England

Francis Galton is the "Father of fingerprinting" who deveoped fingerprining as a way to uniquely idenify individuals.

• True

• False