Forensic Science History

the study and application of science to matters of law

• Locard's exchange principle

• forensic science

• deductive reasoning

• agricultural science

the scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes

• criminalistics

• criminology

• deductive reasoning

studying the crime scene for motive, traits, and behavior that will help to interpret the evidence

• criminalistics

• criminology

• deductive reasoning

When a suspect comes in contact with an object or person, a cross transfer of evidence occurs

• deductive reasoning

• crossing-over

• Locard's Exchange Principle

• Law of Proximity

An individual whom the court determines to process knowledge relevant to the trial that is not expected of the average layperson

• defendant

• judge

• expert witness

• prosecutor

Today we use fingerprinting and DNA information, but before these were discovered, the ___________________ System of Measurement was considered the most reliable means of identifying an individual person.

• Metric

• Standard

• Bertillion

• Dewey decimal

Which of the following was NOT one of the categories of information included in Bertillion's system?

• body measurements

• fingerprint collection

• descriptions of marks on the body

• morphological descriptions