FIS 201 – Final Exam Study Guide (Mohr, WVU)
science - ANS✔✔ method of study used to empirically understand and describe the physcial
universe
Forensic - ANS✔✔ Forum: place of debate, court of law
dubious evidence - ANS✔✔ torture, spectral evidence, junk science
Contrite Falliilism - ANS✔✔ Awareness that there we can never prove something 100% and
there may be alternative explanations. Willingness to change our conclusions in light of new
data.
Apophenia - ANS✔✔ False patterns, priming effects, unconscious attitudes
Serology - ANS✔✔ Body Fluid Identification
Pathology - ANS✔✔ Trauma to the body
DNA Analysis - ANS✔✔ Identification based on genetics
Pathology - ANS✔✔ The body & damage to it
Anthropology - ANS✔✔ Skeletal identification
Odontology - ANS✔✔ Definition and bite marks
, Entomology - ANS✔✔ Insects on bodies
what do criminalists do? - ANS✔✔ Shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs,
fibers, questioned documents
Forensic Chemistry - ANS✔✔ Drug identification, toxicology, Arson & Explosive Identification,
trace evidence
Digital Forensics - ANS✔✔ recovery of digital evidence,video imaging & enhancement, speaker
identifcation, biometrics
engineering sciences - ANS✔✔ structures, materials, or processes that fail, buildings, vehicles
behavioral sciences - ANS✔✔ competence & sanity, violence likelihood, profiling
criminology - ANS✔✔ application of psychology and sociology
Edmond Locard - ANS✔✔ father of modern forensic science,founded the first forensic
laboratorym helped establish the primacy of fingerprints for identification
what was locards exchange principle? - ANS✔✔ Every action leaves a trace
quantity - ANS✔✔ the amount of material transferred from source
persistence - ANS✔✔ the ability of a transferred material to stay in contact with the target
background noise - ANS✔✔ material already present on the recipient not related to the
criminal action
science - ANS✔✔ method of study used to empirically understand and describe the physcial
universe
Forensic - ANS✔✔ Forum: place of debate, court of law
dubious evidence - ANS✔✔ torture, spectral evidence, junk science
Contrite Falliilism - ANS✔✔ Awareness that there we can never prove something 100% and
there may be alternative explanations. Willingness to change our conclusions in light of new
data.
Apophenia - ANS✔✔ False patterns, priming effects, unconscious attitudes
Serology - ANS✔✔ Body Fluid Identification
Pathology - ANS✔✔ Trauma to the body
DNA Analysis - ANS✔✔ Identification based on genetics
Pathology - ANS✔✔ The body & damage to it
Anthropology - ANS✔✔ Skeletal identification
Odontology - ANS✔✔ Definition and bite marks
, Entomology - ANS✔✔ Insects on bodies
what do criminalists do? - ANS✔✔ Shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs,
fibers, questioned documents
Forensic Chemistry - ANS✔✔ Drug identification, toxicology, Arson & Explosive Identification,
trace evidence
Digital Forensics - ANS✔✔ recovery of digital evidence,video imaging & enhancement, speaker
identifcation, biometrics
engineering sciences - ANS✔✔ structures, materials, or processes that fail, buildings, vehicles
behavioral sciences - ANS✔✔ competence & sanity, violence likelihood, profiling
criminology - ANS✔✔ application of psychology and sociology
Edmond Locard - ANS✔✔ father of modern forensic science,founded the first forensic
laboratorym helped establish the primacy of fingerprints for identification
what was locards exchange principle? - ANS✔✔ Every action leaves a trace
quantity - ANS✔✔ the amount of material transferred from source
persistence - ANS✔✔ the ability of a transferred material to stay in contact with the target
background noise - ANS✔✔ material already present on the recipient not related to the
criminal action
