Intro to Forensics Unit 1 Test

Able to match projectiles to firearms

• Criminalistics

• Ballistics

• Toxicology

• Anthropology

Application of science to matters of the law

• Polygraphy

• Odontology

• Engineering

• Criminalistics

Evaluate offenders to determine if they are competent to stand trial

• Toxicology

• Serology

• Psychiatry

• Polygraphy

Identify body fluids at crime scenes or on evidence

• Serology

• Pathology

• Entomology

• Odontology

Identify the cause of drug over doses and or poisonings

• Toxicology

• Serology

• Pathology

• Anthropology

Investigate accidents dealing with transportation, structure collapses, and product liability

• Entomology

• Engineering

• Criminalistics

• Computer Science

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ETS1-4

Study medical history of victims and determine cause and circumstance of death

• Psychiatry

• Polygraphy

• Pathology

• Odontology

Trace crimes dealing with electronic records or identity theft

• Engineering

• Computer Science

• Polygraphy

• Toxicology

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-2

Use dental marks for the identification of corpses

• Pathology

• Odontology

• Entomology

• Ballistics

Use insects to determine time and location of death

• Pathology

• Odontology

• Entomology

• Engineering