HOSA - Forensic Science History & Careers

Minor criminal case: possible of a fine or less than 1 year in prison

• Civil Case

• Anthropometry

• Forensic Nurse

• Misdemeanor

Who discovered ABO blood typing and received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work in 1930?

• Karl Landsteiner

• Alec Jefferys

• Colin Pitchfork

• Dr Henry Faulds

Who was the first person to use fingerprinting as a method of identification?

• Juan Vucitech

• William Hershel

• Susan Anthony

• Karl Landsteiner

Occur between individuals and must show a preponderance of evidence (51%)

• Civil Cases

• Verdict

• Family Court

• Private Case

Who began the first fingerprint files? (1891)

• Forensic Nurse

• Civil Cases

• Juan Vucitech (1832)

• William Hershel (1856)

Who was the first to come up with a classification system based on fingerprints?

• Karl Landsteiner

• Alec Jefferys

• Colin Pitchfork

• Dr Henry Faulds

Which geneticist developed DNA testing?

• Karl Landsteiner

• Alec Jefferys

• Colin Pitchfork

• Dr Henry Faulds

Who was the first criminal convicted by DNA evidence?

• Karl Landsteiner

• Alec Jefferys

• Colin Pitchfork

• Dr Henry Faulds

What is a serious criminal case, possibility of greater than 1 year in prison if convicted?

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

• Voir Dire

• Subpoena

What are the odds for two fingerprints being the same?

• 1 in 64 billion found by Sir Francis Galton

• 1 in 5 found by Freud

• 1 in 250 thousand found by Sir Issac Newton

• 1 in 2 million found by Henry Smith