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WorksheetsHOSA - Forensic Science History & Careers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
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
Which is not a correct statement?
Scientific method is a system in which forensic scientists work
Adversarial system is a system in which lawyers work
Finder of Fact is a judge or jury who determines 'right' in a case
Criminal Cases occur when laws have been broken and the people decide if the person is guilty outside of a court.
1787-1853 - Founder of forensic toxicology, studied poisons and worked on the Marie Lafarge case
Mathieu Orfila
Sir Francis Galton
Hans Gross
Victor Bathazard
1822-1911 - Developed 1st classification system for fingerprints and uses loop, arch, whorl patterns
Mathieu Orfila
Sir Francis Galton
Hans Gross
Victor Bathazard
1847-1915 - Generalist who believed in diverse approach to forensics and published 1st textbook 1893
Mathieu Orfila
Sir Francis Galton
Hans Gross
Victor Bathazard
1852-1950 Paris Medical Examiner who advanced fingerprint (they're unique), firearm, & hair
Mathieu Orfila
Sir Francis Galton
Hans Gross
Victor Bathazard
1853-1914 Developed anthropometry and was the first to solve a case using fingerprints.
Alphonse Bertillion
Edmond Locard
Calvin Goddard
Anthropometry
1877-1966 Est a forensic lab in Lyons France in 1910, founded Lorcard Exchange Principle
Alphonse Bertillion
Edmond Locard
Calvin Goddard
Anthropometry
1891-1955 Est. study of firearms evidence in US, est. police labs in US & invented comparison scope
Alphonse Bertillion
Edmond Locard
Calvin Goddard
Anthropometry
System of identificiation of suspects involving 11 body measurements, description & photos
Alphonse Bertillion
Edmond Locard
Calvin Goddard
Anthropometry
Criminalistics
Describes forensic analysis of physical evidence
Every contact leaves a trace
