INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND LABORATORY TECHNIQUES QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

In 1814, Father of Forensic Science first scientific treatise of detection of poisons and the effects on animals CORRECT ANSWER Mathieu Orfila Alphonse Bertillon CORRECT ANSWER In 1879, Father of Criminal ID Anthropometry: system of measurements to distinguish individuals, used for two decades Francis Galton CORRECT ANSWER In 1892, studied fingerprints and developed a method of classifying and filing them. This method is used to this day "Wherever he steps, whatever he touches, whatever he leaves, even unconsciously, will serve as silent witness against him. Not just his fingerprints or his footprints, but his hair, the fibers from his clothes, the glass he breaks, the tool marks he leaves, the paint he scratches, the blood or semen he deposits or collects - all of these bear mute witness against him. This is evidence that does not forget. It is not confused by the excitement of the moment. It is not absent because human witnesses are. It is factual evidence. Physical evidence cannot be wrong; it cannot perjure itself, it cannot be wholly absent -only its interpretation can err. Only human failure to find it, study and understand it can diminish its value." CORRECT ANSWER Harris V United States 1947 In 1901, Discovered blood could be grouped into types as A, B, O, and AB CORRECT ANSWER Dr. Karl Landsteiner In 1893, First treatise describing scientific disciplines used in criminal investigation CORRECT ANSWER Hans Gross