Forensics Unit 1 Quiz

Analysis of physical evidence generated by a crime scene

The study of criminal and behavioral psychology to aid in criminal investigation

Perform accurate analysis -Facts not opinions -Must be precise and exact

Preserve Evidentiary Integrity -Make sure evidence -Maintain accurate records and chain of custody

• Present and Defend their findings • Expert testimony must be logical and understood by a jury • Needs to be ethical • Must be skilled in materials, techniques, and equipment in forensic science • Strong Scientific Background • Excellent writing and speaking skills

Analyze, compare, identify, and interpret evidence and report results in the justice system

Process crime scene and take evidence from the crime scene

Analyze evidence using chemical, physical, and instrument analysis

Deals with prints

Collects and identifies biological evidence (vomit, urine etc.)

Deals with writing and counterfeit documents

Examines firearms and discharged ammunation

Studies insects to estimate time of death

Gets into peoples devices

Identifies and compares dental evidence

Accident reconstruction (causes or origins of fires or explosions)

Branch of Medicine used for legal purposes

Deals with drugs and poison

Bone or skeleton analysis and techniques

Third Century China

A woman was accused of murdering her husband and staging a fire to cover it up (her guilt was proven by pigs)

Father of toxicology 1840-Lafarge Trial (maric arsenic)

Father of criminal investigation 1897 developed anthropometry (used to id people based on physical appearance)

Fingerprinting He recognised that fingerprints could be placed into categories.