Review for Unit 1 Introduction and History of Forensics

Matches fired bullets to the gun that fired it

• Ballistics

• Criminalistics

• Pathology

• polygraphy

Applies Science to matters concerning laws

• Criminalistics

• Polygraphy

• Anthropology

• Computer Science

Branch that evaluates offenders to make sure they are competent to stand trial

• Psychiatry

• Pathology

• Polygraphy

• Anthropology

branch that analyzes blood and saliva at a crime scene

• Serology

• Pathology

• Engineering

• Ballistics

Branch that identifies the drug that caused a person to overdose

• Toxicology

• Entomology

• Serology

• Odontology

Branch that investigates accidents with a bridge collapse or product liability

• Engineering

• Computer Science

• Anthropology

• Psychiatry

Tags

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NGSS.HS-PS2-3

Studies the medical history of a victim to determine the cause of death

• Pathology

• Serology

• Odontology

• Criminalistics

Branch that uses the remains of a body for identification

• Anthropology

• Entomology

• Pathology

• Serology

Branch that looks at the life cycle of an insect to determine the time and location of death

• Entomology

• Odontology

• Pathology

• Toxicology

Branch that looks at bite marks on a victim

• Odontology

• Entomology

• Ballistics

• Serology