Forensic Science History

the scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes

• 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

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

Published Finger Prints about the uniqueness and classification of prints

• Mathieu Orfila

• Leone Lattes

• Francis Galton

• Arthur Conan Doyle

Who discovered DNA "fingerprints"?

• August Vollmer

• Edmond Locard

• Sir Alec Jeffreys

• Sir Edward Richard Henry

Mathieu Orfila is considered to be the father of___________________.

• Questioned Documents

• Pathology

• Toxicology

• Law Enforcement

Sir Edward Richard Henry created the classification of _________________ that we still use today.

• DNA fingerprints

• questioned documents

• fingerprints

• blood typing

The Bertillonage system was based on what?

• The crime a person committed

• Precise body measurements

• Finger prints

• Blood types

Who is known as the father of modern forensic science?

• Edmond Locard

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Francis Galton

• Mathieu Orfila