Forensic Science Exam Review
Forensic Science - The study and application of science to matters of law
Criminalistics - The scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes
Criminology - includes the psychological angle, studying the crime scene for motive,
traits, and behavior that will help to interpret the evidence
Basic Services offered in crime lab - physical science unit, biology unit, firearms unit,
document examination unit, photography unit
Optional Services in a crime lab - Toxicology unit, latent fingerprint unit, polygraph unit,
evidence collection unit, voiceprint analysis unit
Forensic Pathology - Investigation of sudden, unexplained, or violent death
Forensic Anthropology - Specializes in human skeletal system
Forensic Entomology - The study of insects as related to the time of death
Forensic Odontology - examination of bite marks and dental idenitification of corpses
Who established the first crime lab? - Edmund Locard
Locard Exchange Principle - Whenever two objects come into contact with each other,
traces of each are exchanged
Ted Bundy - 1979- bite mark evidence was a key in convicting him
Borkenstein - invented the breathalyzer
Marie Lafarge - 1840- convicted by the use of the Marsh test, of poisoning her husband
with arsenic
Edward Henry - 1896- developed the first classification system for fingerprint
identification
Leeuwenhoek - Constructed the first high powered microscope in 1670
Sam Sheppard - his murder trial publicized blood spatter evidence
Forensic Science - The study and application of science to matters of law
Criminalistics - The scientific examination of physical evidence for legal purposes
Criminology - includes the psychological angle, studying the crime scene for motive,
traits, and behavior that will help to interpret the evidence
Basic Services offered in crime lab - physical science unit, biology unit, firearms unit,
document examination unit, photography unit
Optional Services in a crime lab - Toxicology unit, latent fingerprint unit, polygraph unit,
evidence collection unit, voiceprint analysis unit
Forensic Pathology - Investigation of sudden, unexplained, or violent death
Forensic Anthropology - Specializes in human skeletal system
Forensic Entomology - The study of insects as related to the time of death
Forensic Odontology - examination of bite marks and dental idenitification of corpses
Who established the first crime lab? - Edmund Locard
Locard Exchange Principle - Whenever two objects come into contact with each other,
traces of each are exchanged
Ted Bundy - 1979- bite mark evidence was a key in convicting him
Borkenstein - invented the breathalyzer
Marie Lafarge - 1840- convicted by the use of the Marsh test, of poisoning her husband
with arsenic
Edward Henry - 1896- developed the first classification system for fingerprint
identification
Leeuwenhoek - Constructed the first high powered microscope in 1670
Sam Sheppard - his murder trial publicized blood spatter evidence
