Forensic Anthropology

Evidence correct answers Anything that furnishes or tends to furnish proof. Forensic Evidence correct answers The utilization of science and its results in respect to the defendants association with the crime scene. Trial Evidence correct answers Court approved information that the trier of fact is allowed to consider when determining defendants guilt/ innocence. Admissible Evidence correct answers Evidence can be disallowed, there are legal technicalities. Forensic Science correct answers The application of a broad spectrum of science to answer questions relevant to legal investigation. Forensic Anthropologists Do? correct answers Help law enforcement, recover human remains analyze remains, provide written report of analysis, testify in court. Forensic Anthropologists Don't? correct answers Collect evidence, identify suspect, interrogation, arrests, prosecution. Pathologists correct answers Medical doctors trained in forensic pathology, determine cause and manner of death. Cause of Death correct answers Disease or unjust that is lethal Manner of Death correct answers How cause happened: Accident, homicide, natural, suicide, undetermined. Odontology correct answers Deals with handling examination, and presentation of dental evidence in court. Dentist with extra training. Criminalistics correct answers Analyzing and interpreting evidence using natural sciences. Create link between suspect and victim. Serology correct answers Body fluid (blood, semen...) DNA analysis. Trace Evidence correct answers Analysis of fine matter ( hair, fibers, paint, glass, wood...). Ballistics correct answers Determination of what kind of bullet was used to commit a crime. Toolmark Analysis correct answers Any object suspected of contacting the impression of another object used to commit a crime. Impression Evidence correct answers Evaluation of impression made by (shoes, tires...0 in soft soils, track marks. Drug Identification and Toxicology correct answers Study of poisons and the identification of drugs. Forensic Engineering correct answers Why specific events happened, civil suits mainly. (why fire started, traffic accident, patent disputes..) Forensic Psychology correct answers (PHD)Understanding, diagnosing treatments of medical disorders, individuals competency, relationship of a mental disorder to an accident. Forensic Psychology correct answers (MD) Must go to medical school. Understanding, diagnosing treatments of medical disorders, individuals competency, relationship of a mental disorder to an accident. Computer Forensics correct answers Use of investigation techniques to identify, collect, examine, and preserve evidence/ information magnetically or encoded for court. Forensic Entomology correct answers Use of insects and anthropoid relatives that inhabit decomposing remains to aid in legal investigation. Determines post mortem interval, laceration. Frye vs US (1923) correct answers Lie detector test first accepted as a method. Daubert case (1993) correct answers Affirmed role of the judge, relevance and reliable questions. Daubert standard.