Intro Forensic Chapter Review

All the following are basic services provided by "full-service laboratories" except:

• biology unit

• firearms unit

• document examination

• toxicology unit

The standard guideline for determining the judicial admissibility of scientific examination stemmed from which court ruling?

• Mincey V. Arizona

• Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. V. Carmicheal

• Frye V. United States

• Coppolino V. State

The scientist who maintained that when a criminal came in contact with an object or person a cross-transfer of evidence would occur was

• Hans Gross

• Walter McCrone

• Edmond Locard

• Albert Osborn

Which individual contributed knowledge to the forensic scientist include:

• furnishing training on the proper collection of physical evidence

• analysis of physical evidence

• providing expert testimony

• all of the above

Which individual contributed knowledge to the forensic characterization of blood?

• Albert Osborn

• Calvin Goddard

• Alec Jefferies

• Thomas Taylor

True or False: The first forensic laboratory in the United States was created in 1923

• True

• False

True or False: The United States is one of only a handful of countries in the world that have created and now maintain forensic facilities.

• True

• False

True or False: In 1993 the U.S Supreme Court decided that the Frye V. United States precedent is an absolute prerequisite to the admissibility of scientific evidence.

• True

• False