HOSA: Forensic Science Study Guide With Complete Solution

Forensic History and Careers -Answer - Mathieu Orfila -Answer () Founder of forensic toxicology, studied poisons and worked on the Marie Lafarge poisoning case Sir Francis Galton -Answer () Developed the first classification system for fingerprints, published the book Fingerprints in 1892 and described the loop, arch and whorl of fingerprint patterns Hans Gross -Answer () A generalist who believed in diverse approaches to forensic science and published the first forensic science textbook, Criminal Investigations, in 1893. Victor Balthazard -Answer () Paris Medical Examiner who advanced fingerprint, firearm, and hair analysis, showed that fingerprints are unique to the 10^60 and used photography to help identify bullets Alphonse Bertillon -Answer () Developed anthropometry and was the first to solve a case using fingerprints Edmond Locard -Answer () Established a forensic lab in Lyons France in 1910, founded the Locard Exchange Principle and focused on trace evidence Calvin Goddard -Answer () Established the study of firearms evidence in the US, established a variety of police labs in the US and invented the comparison scope. Anthropometry -Answer System of identification of suspects involving 11 body measurements + descriptions + photos Criminalistics -Answer Describes forensic analysis of physical evidence Locard Exchange Principle -Answer Every contact leaves a trace Juan Vucetich -Answer (1891) Began the first fingerprint files The Henry Classification System -Answer Classification for fingerprinting in all European Countries 1 in 64 billion -Answer Sir Francis Galton's odds for two fingerprints being the same The Scientific Method -Answer System in which forensic scientist work