FSC100 Midterm Exam: Questions With Solutions
(Expert Verified)
Atavism Right Ans - The idea that criminals were born to commit crimes
due to biological deviance
Positivism Right Ans - The idea that crime was the product of social causes
Cesare Lombroso Right Ans - Was considered the father of modern
criminology, sought to find physical characteristics inherent in all criminals,
was an atavist
Alexandre Lacassagne Right Ans - Was considered the father of forensic
medicine, used crime statistics and biographies to link crime rates to
geography, was a positivist
Joseph Vacher Right Ans - A notorious serial killer in France that
Lacassagne researches and wrote about, known as the French Ripper,
executed in 1898 for more than 23 murders
Alphonse Bertillon Right Ans - Created the first system of anthropometry
to identify recidivist criminals
Sergeant John Kenneth Ferrier Right Ans - Considered to be the first
fingerprint instructor in the United States
Edmond Locard Right Ans - A medical doctor who was influenced by
Lacassagne's school in Lyon, participated in advances in criminalistics and his
vision and approach to crime solving differentiated him from the rest
Hans Gross Right Ans - Believed that integrating criminalistics into the
justice system was the only way of ridding the legal system of bias and
misunderstanding, officially unified the use of scientific inquiry for the legal
profession
Nineteenth century microscopy Right Ans - Hans Gross encourages its use
in the justice system and criminalistics was mainly based on what could be
seen from this
, Locard's Exchange Principle Right Ans - When any two objects come into
contact there is always a transference of material from each object onto
another
Montreal Right Ans - The first place in North America to establish a
criminalistics lab in 1914
Dr. Wilfrid Derome Right Ans - Ran the Montreal lab, based off the Locard
model
Pathology, toxicology, biology, firearms examination, documents, photo
analysis, electronics, chemistry Right Ans - What (8) departments do
forensic labs consist of?
Police force Right Ans - A constituted body of persons empowered by the
state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder
Sir Robert Peel Right Ans - Introduced the constabulary act in 1822 which
formed the constabulary police in Ireland
Toronto Right Ans - Where was the first municipal police force?
Canada-wide warrant Right Ans - Police in one province can arrest
someone on reasonable grounds that someone has committed a crime in
another jurisdiction
Science and the legal system Right Ans - The scientific study and evaluation
of physical evidence in the commission of crimes
Forensics Right Ans - Any research aimed at the analysis and
interpretation of evidence for a legal investigative process
Forensic method Right Ans - A now-establishing systematic approach in
documenting, collecting, interpreting, and presenting evidence for
presentation in a court of law
Evidence Right Ans - Anything that can give or substantiate information in
a legal investigation
(Expert Verified)
Atavism Right Ans - The idea that criminals were born to commit crimes
due to biological deviance
Positivism Right Ans - The idea that crime was the product of social causes
Cesare Lombroso Right Ans - Was considered the father of modern
criminology, sought to find physical characteristics inherent in all criminals,
was an atavist
Alexandre Lacassagne Right Ans - Was considered the father of forensic
medicine, used crime statistics and biographies to link crime rates to
geography, was a positivist
Joseph Vacher Right Ans - A notorious serial killer in France that
Lacassagne researches and wrote about, known as the French Ripper,
executed in 1898 for more than 23 murders
Alphonse Bertillon Right Ans - Created the first system of anthropometry
to identify recidivist criminals
Sergeant John Kenneth Ferrier Right Ans - Considered to be the first
fingerprint instructor in the United States
Edmond Locard Right Ans - A medical doctor who was influenced by
Lacassagne's school in Lyon, participated in advances in criminalistics and his
vision and approach to crime solving differentiated him from the rest
Hans Gross Right Ans - Believed that integrating criminalistics into the
justice system was the only way of ridding the legal system of bias and
misunderstanding, officially unified the use of scientific inquiry for the legal
profession
Nineteenth century microscopy Right Ans - Hans Gross encourages its use
in the justice system and criminalistics was mainly based on what could be
seen from this
, Locard's Exchange Principle Right Ans - When any two objects come into
contact there is always a transference of material from each object onto
another
Montreal Right Ans - The first place in North America to establish a
criminalistics lab in 1914
Dr. Wilfrid Derome Right Ans - Ran the Montreal lab, based off the Locard
model
Pathology, toxicology, biology, firearms examination, documents, photo
analysis, electronics, chemistry Right Ans - What (8) departments do
forensic labs consist of?
Police force Right Ans - A constituted body of persons empowered by the
state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder
Sir Robert Peel Right Ans - Introduced the constabulary act in 1822 which
formed the constabulary police in Ireland
Toronto Right Ans - Where was the first municipal police force?
Canada-wide warrant Right Ans - Police in one province can arrest
someone on reasonable grounds that someone has committed a crime in
another jurisdiction
Science and the legal system Right Ans - The scientific study and evaluation
of physical evidence in the commission of crimes
Forensics Right Ans - Any research aimed at the analysis and
interpretation of evidence for a legal investigative process
Forensic method Right Ans - A now-establishing systematic approach in
documenting, collecting, interpreting, and presenting evidence for
presentation in a court of law
Evidence Right Ans - Anything that can give or substantiate information in
a legal investigation
