Fall Semester Final Review (Forensic Science)

We can improve our observational skills by all of the following except...

• Look at the entire area, not just the body, weapons, or signs of break-in.

• Observe everything- big and small.

• When collecting evidence, record only those things that you are sure are important.

• Record everything you find.

If we remember seeing something happen, we can trust it to happen as we think it did.

• True

• False

Locard’s Exchange principle implies all of the following except:

• Fibers can be transferred from one person to another.

• Blood spatter is used to identify blood type.

• Cat hair can be transferred to your pants.

• Soil samples can be carried from the yard into your home.

The word forensics refers to the application of science to solve crimes.

• True

• False

Good observation skills come naturally to investigators, they do not need to be trained.

• True

• False

Most wrongful convictions seem to be the result of faulty eyewitness testimony.

• True

• False

• Science

Francis Henry Galton was the first person to...

• Develop a system to identify victims based on anthropology and morphology
• Definitive study of fingerprints
• Developed Principles of Criminal Investigation
• Established Forensic Toxicology

Alec Jefferys was the scientist who...

• developed a identification system for finger prints
• Discovered the A, B, and O blood types
• Applied Microscopic techniques to Forensics
• Devolped the first DNA profiling test

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...

• is the Father of Forensic Toxicology
• Created Sherlock Holmes
• is the Father of Fingerprinting
• was a microscopist who analyzed ballistics 

Which forensics pioneer is known for founding the first ever crime lab and developing "The Exchange Principle"?

• Leone Lattes
• Walter McCrone
• Edmond Locard
• Alphonse Bertillon