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WVU FIS 201 Exam 1 study guide point1. Observe something in the context of the crime
2. Does this "something" tell us about the events of the crime
3. Test the hypothesis, "Yes it does"
4. State what we have discovered and the limits of that work
5. Repeat until satisfied - ANS How does forensic science use the scientific method?
Professor of forensic medicine at University of Lyon
Solved the case involving the politician found in field and died from strangling
Advocated that society, not hereditary, was responsible for crime - ANS Alexandre
Lacassagne
Medical lecturer and surgeon
"observe carefully, deduce shrewdly, and confirm with evidence"
served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes - ANS Dr. Joseph Bell
introduced the word and concept of Kriminalistik
said physical evidence was the way to solve crimes
founded the first forensics school - ANS Hans Gross
medicine; how it first started - ANS 17th and 18th century
medicine, chemistry, law, and photography - ANS 19th century
microscopy, fingerprints, pathology, chemistry - ANS 20th century
Crime scene investigation - ANS deals with identification, collection, and preservation of
evidence
Pathology - ANS the body and damage to it
Anthropology - ANS skeletal identification
Odontology - ANS teeth; bite marks
entymologist - ANS bugs
Death investigation - ANS pathology, anthropology, odontology, entymologist
Serology - ANS body fluid identification
, DNA analysis - ANS identification based on genetics
Criminalists - ANS identify shoe prints, fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, hairs, fibers,
paint, glass, soil, documents
Forensic Chemistry - ANS drug identification
arson and explosive
ink and paper
trace evidence
Toxicology - ANS drugs in the body
Digital Foreniscs - ANS video imaging, speaker identification, digital evidence
Forensics engineering - ANS structures, materials, or processes that fail in a crime scene
The crime lab - ANS scientific lab where crime scene evidence is analyzed
True or False:
Forensic Scientists do not need a college education - ANS true
How a crime lab is organized - ANS jurisdiction, agency, history, demands, type of cases,
available budget
Steps of evidence analysis - ANS detection
preservation
comparison/identification
association
reconstruction
the 3 types of evidence - ANS physical
eyewitness testimony
expert opinion
prima facie - ANS shows a fact to be true unless disproven
circumstantial - ANS could have arisen for non criminal reasons
corroborating - ANS evidence that strengthens or confirms other evidence
conflicting - ANS evidence that contradicts other evidence
exculpatory - ANS innocent suspect
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