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Forensic: correct answers as applied to public or legal concerns
Forensic Science: correct answers the science of associating people, places, and things
involved in criminal activities; these scientific disciplines assist in investigating and
adjudicating criminal and civil cases. Sometimes referred to as "criminalistics."
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS): correct answers initiated the Forensic
Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) as a standing committee of
the academy. The AAFS is committed to the promotion of education and the elevation of
accuracy, precision, and specificity in the forensic sciences
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
Sections of the AAFS: correct answers Anthropology
Criminalistics
Digital and Multimedia Sciences
Engineering Sciences
General
Jurisprudence
Odontology
Pathology/Biology
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Questioned Documents
Toxicology
Anthropology: correct answers The study of human societies and cultures and their
development
Criminalistics: correct answers scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the
detection of crime
Digital & Multimedia Sciences: correct answers recovery and investigation of material found
in digital devices
Jurisprudence: correct answers the theory of philosophy of law; a legal system
Odontology: correct answers the scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth
Pathology/Biology: correct answers typical behavior of a disease
Toxicology: correct answers science concerned with the nature, effects, and detection of
poisons
American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD): correct answers The American Society
of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) is a nonprofit professional society of crime
laboratory directors and forensic science managers dedicated to providing excellence in
, forensic science through leadership and innovation. The purpose of the organization is to
foster professional interests, assist the development of laboratory management principles and
techniques; acquire, preserve and disseminate forensic based information; maintain and
improve communications among crime laboratory directors; and to promote, encourage and
maintain the highest standards of practice in the field.
Mathieu Orfila (1814): correct answers Established Forensic Toxicology
Detected Arsenic in an early poisoning case
Alphonse Bertillon (1882): correct answers "Father of Anthropometry"- the study of human
measurements
System of ID based on physical measurements
First scientific system used to identify criminals (biometrics)
System was flawed, later replaced by fingerprints
Standardized criminal mug shot
Also developed: handwriting analysis, a compound to preserve footprints and ballistics.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1887): correct answers Published first Sherlock Holmes story- a
study in scarlet
Popularized scientific crime-detection methods- His stories inspired scientific community in
specific forensic science
Hans Gross (1891): correct answers Published Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook
Was the first comprehensive document on how physical evidence can be used to solve
crimes.He coined the term CRIMINALISTICS.
Sir Francis Galton (1892): correct answers Devised characteristics of the fingerprints used as
unique identifiers (arches, loops, and whorls)
Cousin of Charles Darwin.
Karl Landsteiner (1901): correct answers Discovered and classified four modern human ABO
blood groups
Received Nobel Prize if 1930
Edmund Locard (1910): correct answers Director of the World's first Crime Lab (Lyon,
France)
Known for Locard's Exchange Principle: every contact leave a trace...
Albert Osborn (1910): correct answers Published "questioned docs"
Influential document examiner
Used as the "standard" for the forensic science
Leonne Lattes (1910): correct answers Published "The individuality of the Blood in Biology
in clinical and Forensic Medicine"
Developed First Antibody Test to distinguish between blood groups and types
Developed a method to type dried blood stains
Discussed heredity and paternity
Calvin Goddard (1920s): correct answers US Army Colonel
Perfected comparison microscope for use in bullet comparison