Intro to Forensic Science - Spr 2021

The premise in which Locard's Exchange Principle is based is that every criminal can be connected to a _______ by dust particles carried from the crime scene.

Which of the following is not an optional service, which maybe provided by a full-service crime laboratory?

• Polygraph Unit

• Photography Unit

• Latent Fingerprint Unit

• Vocieprint Analysis Unit

The OLDEST forensic laboratory in the United States is that of the:

• F.B.I. Laboratory.

• New Jersey State Police Laboratory

• Los Angeles Police Department

• New York City's Crime Laboratory

Forensic science is defined as "the application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a medical system.

• True

• False

In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Frye v. United States precedent is an absolute prerequisted to the admissibility of scientific evidence.

• True

• False

Check all of the reasons for committing a crime.

• Reward

• Money

• Revenge

• Emotion

The United States is one of the only a handful of countries in the world that have created and maintained forensic facilities.

• True

• False

What are the two types of crime scenes?

The first system of personal identification was fingerprinting.

• True

• False

All of the following are basic services provided by "full-service crime laboratories" except:

• Document Examination Unit

• Firearms Unit

• Toxicology Unit

• Biology Unit