Intro to Forensics - Vocab and History

Match the following

• heed; to note

• inference

• distinct proof

• direct evidence

• division of proof

• opinion

• conclude

• observation

• think; believe

• class evidence

Which of the following are examples of qualitative observations?

• 36 tons

• blue bubbles

• hot

• loud

• 5 grams

There are two spiders on the slide.

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

No one has used the slide in a long time.

• Observation

• Inference

Spiders eat children

• observation

• inference

The room smells like vanilla!

• Observation

• Inference

Amy got a 100%

on her math test. Girls are better at math.

• Observation

• Inference

Calvin Goddard was the father of

• Ballistics

• Microscopy

• Forensic Anthropology

• Blood Stain Identification

1910 - His work led to the acceptance of documents as scientific evidence by the courts

• Alphonse Bertillion

• Leone Lattes

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• Albert Osborne

A French criminologist, the pioneer in forensic science who became known as the "Sherlock Holmes of France". He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace".

• Edmond Locard

• Ernesto Miranda

• Gideon Wainwright

• Sherlock Holmes