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WorksheetsForensic Science History
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
1787-1853 - Founder of forensic toxicology, studied poisons and worked on the Marie Lafarge case
Mathieu Orfila
Sir Francis Galton
Hans Gross
Victor Bathazard
1877-1966 Est a forensic lab in Lyons France in 1910, founded Lorcard Exchange Principle
Alphonse Bertillion
Edmond Locard
Calvin Goddard
Anthropometry
Who was the first person to use fingerprinting as a method of identification?
Juan Vucitech
William Hershel
Susan Anthony
Karl Landsteiner
Who was the first to come up with a classification system based on fingerprints?
Karl Landsteiner
Alec Jefferys
Colin Pitchfork
Dr Henry Faulds
Mathieu Orfila is considered the father of....
Forensic Science
Forensic Anthropology
Toxicology
Entomology
Who was the first criminal convicted by DNA evidence?
Karl Landsteiner
Alec Jefferys
Colin Pitchfork
Dr Henry Faulds
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
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
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
Which geneticist developed DNA testing?
Karl Landsteiner
Alec Jefferys
Colin Pitchfork
Dr Henry Faulds
the study and application of science to matters of law
Locard's exchange principle
forensic science
deductive reasoning
agricultural science
Who is known as the father of forensic toxicology?
Mathieu Orfila
Edmond Locard
Hans Gross
Alphonse Bertillion
Which principle states that 'every contact leaves a trace'?
Locard's Exchange Principle
Bertillion's Anthropometry
Galton's Fingerprint Theory
Orfila's Toxicology Principle
Who established the first forensic laboratory in Lyon, France?
Edmond Locard
Mathieu Orfila
Calvin Goddard
Victor Bathazard
Who was the first to use fingerprints for identification?
William Hershel
Juan Vucetich
Karl Landsteiner
Alec Jefferys
What is the main focus of forensic toxicology?
Study of poisons and their effects
Analysis of DNA evidence
Fingerprint analysis
Ballistics examination
Who developed the first classification system for fingerprints?
Sir Francis Galton
Alphonse Bertillion
Hans Gross
Edmond Locard
Who is credited with the first use of DNA profiling in a criminal case?
Alec Jefferys
Colin Pitchfork
Mathieu Orfila
Victor Bathazard
What is the significance of the Bertillion system?
It was the first scientific system of personal identification
It introduced DNA profiling
It established the first forensic lab
It developed toxicology
Who is known for advancing the study of firearms and ballistics in forensics?
Calvin Goddard
Edmond Locard
Mathieu Orfila
Hans Gross
What does forensic anthropology primarily study?
Human skeletal remains
DNA sequences
Chemical substances
Fingerprint patterns
