UFL - PRINCIPLES OF FORENSIC SCIENCE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Define "Forensic Science". - ans-The application of scientific principles and
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List the disciplines of Forensic Science. Hint: There are nine! - ans-- Serology
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- Controlled Substances
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- DNA
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- Trace Chemistry
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- Firearms
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- Toolmarks
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- Questioned Documents
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- Latent Prints
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- Toxicology
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What is Locard's Principle? - ans-"Every contact leaves a trace."
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This principle describes the associative nature of evidence.
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What is inceptive evidence? - ans-
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Evidence that addresses whether or not a crime has occurred.
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Examples: Controlled Substance and Alcohol testingxz xz xz xz xz
What is associative evidence? - ans-Evidence that links people, places, or objects.
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Who was Mateu Orfila? (early 1800s) - ans-
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One of the first experts to provide scientific evidence in a criminal trial. Credited with establi
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shing toxicology as an organized branch of forensic science and laying the foundation of ch
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emical tests for semen identification.
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Who was Henry Goddard? (1830s) - ans-
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This person used bullet comparisons to provide evidence that led to the arrest of a murdere
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r. They worked for the Scotland Yard.
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Who was Rudolph Virchow? (1861) - ans-
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This person reported the first forensic investigation of human hair.
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Who was William Herschel? (1870s) - ans-
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This person proposed the application of fingerprinting for personal identification.
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, Who was Henry Faulds? (1870s) - ans-
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This person was a Scottish physician residing in Japan that used latent prints from a crime s
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cene to identify a burglar. xz xz xz xz
Who was Alexandre Lacassagne? (1890s) - ans-
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This person was a University of Lyons professor who was the first to associate bullets with a
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specific gun, and studied blood spatter patterns.
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Who was Juan Vucetich? (1890s) - ans-
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This person was an Argentinian police official who established his own fingerprint classifica
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tion system. xz
Who was Francis Galton? (1890s) - ans-
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He published the first treatise on systematic identification of fingerprints.
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Who was Hans Gross? (1890s) - ans-
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This person was an Austrian who furthered criminalistics by applying scientific knowledge a
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nd methods to the interpretation and analysis of physical evidence. He established a journa
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l dedicated to forensic science.
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Who was Arthur Conan-Doyle? (1890s) - ans-
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He was an author who suggested that traces of soil on a person could be used to place a su
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spect at a location. xz xz xz
Who was Alphonse Bertillon? (1900s) - ans-
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This person developed the first and most significant personal identification system using bo
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dy and facial measurements. He was the first person in Europe to use latent prints to solve a
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criminal case.
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Who was Sir Edward Richard Henry? (1900s) - ans-
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He was the head of Scotland Yard who implemented a fingerprint classification scheme. Th
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is replaced anthropometry in Europe and North America.
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Who was Paul Jeserich? (1900s) - ans-
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This person used photomicrographs of bullets for comparison purposes.
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Who was Dr. Georg Popp? (1900s) - ans-
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He presented botanical evidence in a German criminal case for the first time in recorded his
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tory.
Who was Hugo Marx? (1900s) - ans-
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He was an official in the State Medical and Prison Medical Examiners Office in Berlin. He pr
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epared a dissertation on the value of forensic hair examination.
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Who was Edmund Locard? (1910s) - ans-
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This person set up the first police crime laboratory in Europe (Lyons). Today, this is the loca
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WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Define "Forensic Science". - ans-The application of scientific principles and
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technology to the legal process. xz xz xz xz
List the disciplines of Forensic Science. Hint: There are nine! - ans-- Serology
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- Controlled Substances
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- DNA
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- Trace Chemistry
xz xz
- Firearms
xz
- Toolmarks
xz
- Questioned Documents
xz xz
- Latent Prints
xz xz
- Toxicology
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What is Locard's Principle? - ans-"Every contact leaves a trace."
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This principle describes the associative nature of evidence.
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What is inceptive evidence? - ans-
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Evidence that addresses whether or not a crime has occurred.
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Examples: Controlled Substance and Alcohol testingxz xz xz xz xz
What is associative evidence? - ans-Evidence that links people, places, or objects.
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Who was Mateu Orfila? (early 1800s) - ans-
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One of the first experts to provide scientific evidence in a criminal trial. Credited with establi
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shing toxicology as an organized branch of forensic science and laying the foundation of ch
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emical tests for semen identification.
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Who was Henry Goddard? (1830s) - ans-
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This person used bullet comparisons to provide evidence that led to the arrest of a murdere
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r. They worked for the Scotland Yard.
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Who was Rudolph Virchow? (1861) - ans-
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This person reported the first forensic investigation of human hair.
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Who was William Herschel? (1870s) - ans-
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This person proposed the application of fingerprinting for personal identification.
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, Who was Henry Faulds? (1870s) - ans-
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This person was a Scottish physician residing in Japan that used latent prints from a crime s
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
cene to identify a burglar. xz xz xz xz
Who was Alexandre Lacassagne? (1890s) - ans-
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This person was a University of Lyons professor who was the first to associate bullets with a
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
specific gun, and studied blood spatter patterns.
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Who was Juan Vucetich? (1890s) - ans-
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This person was an Argentinian police official who established his own fingerprint classifica
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tion system. xz
Who was Francis Galton? (1890s) - ans-
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He published the first treatise on systematic identification of fingerprints.
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Who was Hans Gross? (1890s) - ans-
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This person was an Austrian who furthered criminalistics by applying scientific knowledge a
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nd methods to the interpretation and analysis of physical evidence. He established a journa
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l dedicated to forensic science.
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Who was Arthur Conan-Doyle? (1890s) - ans-
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He was an author who suggested that traces of soil on a person could be used to place a su
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spect at a location. xz xz xz
Who was Alphonse Bertillon? (1900s) - ans-
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This person developed the first and most significant personal identification system using bo
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dy and facial measurements. He was the first person in Europe to use latent prints to solve a
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criminal case.
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Who was Sir Edward Richard Henry? (1900s) - ans-
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He was the head of Scotland Yard who implemented a fingerprint classification scheme. Th
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is replaced anthropometry in Europe and North America.
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Who was Paul Jeserich? (1900s) - ans-
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This person used photomicrographs of bullets for comparison purposes.
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Who was Dr. Georg Popp? (1900s) - ans-
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He presented botanical evidence in a German criminal case for the first time in recorded his
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tory.
Who was Hugo Marx? (1900s) - ans-
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He was an official in the State Medical and Prison Medical Examiners Office in Berlin. He pr
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epared a dissertation on the value of forensic hair examination.
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Who was Edmund Locard? (1910s) - ans-
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This person set up the first police crime laboratory in Europe (Lyons). Today, this is the loca
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