Forensic Science - The application of science to civil and criminal laws, Class Evidence - Narrows down evidence to a group of people or things., Indirect Evidence - Circumstantial evidence that needs interpretation to prove fact., Alphonse Bertillon - Developed a system of identification using body measurements , Physical Evidence - Includes materials such as footprints an weapons., Biological Evidence - Includes samples from a living organism, such as hair or blood., Sir Francis Galton - Developed a fingerprint classification system, Forensic Anthropologist - Analyzes skeletal remains, Direct Evidence - Firsthand observations that are taken as facts., Forensic entomologist - Uses insect life cycles to help determine a victim's time since death , Toolmark examiner - Compares unknown markings discovered on objects or remains to marks from known items or sources, Individual Evidence - Narrows down evidence to a single person or thing., Trace evidence examiner - Compares evidence such as paint, fiber & hair to known samples, Locard's Exchange Principle - Every contact leaves a trace of evidence., Edmond Locard - Famous for noting "every contact leaves a trace", Botanist - Studies plants or plant residues, Transfer (trace) evidence - Any evidence left from contact between person & object or person to person - can be microscopic, Serologist - Analyzes body fluids, Latent print examiner - Examines & compares fingerprints, palm prints or footprints of unknown origin to known prints, Toxicologist - Tests for and analyzes levels of drugs & poisons , Forensic odontologist - Analyzes & compares the teeth of the deceased with known dental records/impressions, Conditional evidence - Produced by a specific event or action, Pattern/Impression evidence - A pattern produced by direct contact between a person and an object,

Forensics- Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

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