Chapter 1 Criminalistics Question and
answers already passed
Forensic science is an ______ - correct answer umbrella term
eleven sections of the American Academy of Forensic Science - correct
answer Criminalistics
Digital and Multimedia Sciences
Engineering Science
General
Jurisprudence
Odontology
Pathology/Biology
Physical Anthropology
Psychiatry/Behavioral Science
Questioned Documents
Toxicology
CSI effect - correct answer the public to believe that every crime scene will
yield forensic evidence, and it produces unrealistic expectations that a
prosecutor's case should always be bolstered and supported by forensic
evidence.
Literary roots of Forensic science - correct answer many believe that Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle had a considerable influence on popularizing scientific
crime-detection methods through his fictional character Sherlock Holmes
Mathieu Orfila (1787-1853) - correct answer father of forensic toxicology
, published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their
effects on animals
This treatise established forensic toxicology as a legitimate scientific
endeavor.
Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) - correct answer began to develop the
science of anthropometry, a systematic procedure of taking a series of body
measurements as a means of distinguishing one individual from another
Francis Galton (1822-1911) - correct answer undertook the first definitive
study of fingerprints and developed a methodology of classifying them for
filing
His work went on to describe the basic principles that form the present system
of identification by fingerprints.
Leone Lattes (1887-1954) - correct answer he devised a relatively simple
procedure for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, a technique
that he immediately applied to criminal investigations.
Dr. Karl Landsteiner - correct answer discovered that blood can be grouped
into different categories. These blood groups or types are now recognized as
A, B, AB, and O.
Calvin Goddard (1819-1955) - correct answer Goddard's expertise
established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the
modern firearms examiner.
answers already passed
Forensic science is an ______ - correct answer umbrella term
eleven sections of the American Academy of Forensic Science - correct
answer Criminalistics
Digital and Multimedia Sciences
Engineering Science
General
Jurisprudence
Odontology
Pathology/Biology
Physical Anthropology
Psychiatry/Behavioral Science
Questioned Documents
Toxicology
CSI effect - correct answer the public to believe that every crime scene will
yield forensic evidence, and it produces unrealistic expectations that a
prosecutor's case should always be bolstered and supported by forensic
evidence.
Literary roots of Forensic science - correct answer many believe that Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle had a considerable influence on popularizing scientific
crime-detection methods through his fictional character Sherlock Holmes
Mathieu Orfila (1787-1853) - correct answer father of forensic toxicology
, published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their
effects on animals
This treatise established forensic toxicology as a legitimate scientific
endeavor.
Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) - correct answer began to develop the
science of anthropometry, a systematic procedure of taking a series of body
measurements as a means of distinguishing one individual from another
Francis Galton (1822-1911) - correct answer undertook the first definitive
study of fingerprints and developed a methodology of classifying them for
filing
His work went on to describe the basic principles that form the present system
of identification by fingerprints.
Leone Lattes (1887-1954) - correct answer he devised a relatively simple
procedure for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, a technique
that he immediately applied to criminal investigations.
Dr. Karl Landsteiner - correct answer discovered that blood can be grouped
into different categories. These blood groups or types are now recognized as
A, B, AB, and O.
Calvin Goddard (1819-1955) - correct answer Goddard's expertise
established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the
modern firearms examiner.
