Intro to forensics

Who is known as the Father of Forensics?

• Edmond Locard

• Mathieu Orfila

• Francis Galton

• Calvin Goddard

What does the Locard Exchange Principle imply?

• fingerprints can help identify people

• wherever there is contact, something is left behind (evidence)

• for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

• there is always some type of DNA left at a crime scene

Which forensic specialist analyzes skeletal remains?

• forensic anthropologist

• forensic psychiatrist

• forensic entomologist

• forensic pathologist

Which forensic specialist studies insects to determine time of death?

• forensic anthropologist

• forensic psychiatrist

• forensic entomologist

• forensic pathologist

Which type of forensic specialist uses medical science for legal purposes, such as determining cause of death?

• forensic entomologist

• forensic pathologist

• forensic odontologist

• forensic engineer

Which forensic specialist analyzes dental evidence for crime purposes?

• forensic entomologist

• forensic pathologist

• forensic odontologist

• forensic engineer

There is no room for bias or emotion in science.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

This was developed in 1992 and its main purpose is to reexamine post-conviction cases using DNA evidence.

• Frye Standard

• Daubert Ruling

• Locard's Exchange Principle

• Innocence Project

________ accounts of crime scene events vary from one person to another and may or may not be accurate.

• victim

• perpetrator

• eye witness

• first responder

How does our brains make sense of the thousands of pieces of information that comes its way on a daily basis?

• It doesn't

• It relies on help from other organs in the body

• It filters information

• It doesn't have to. It can process ALL information.