Medical detectives - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Forensic Investigation Questions Answered 100% correct An example of a manner of death would be: Undetermined Two main religions which are opposed to the traditional practice of an autopsy include: Isalm and Judaism An intermediate range gunshot wound can feature ________ or ________ around the wound. Stippling; tattooing The fundamental goal of the medicolegal death investigation is determining the ______ and _______ of death. Cause, Manner T/F The medicolegal d...

EMCC Criminal Justice Final Exam Questions and Answers (T or F) In a concurrent sentence, a prisoner is serving for two or more criminal acts one after another. - ANSWER False (T or F) Homosexual men are the largest target population for sexual violence and assault in prison - ANSWER True (T or F) In the 1960s and 1970s, the US Supreme Court radically altered the juvenile justice system when it issued a series of decisions that established the right of juveniles to due process of law ...

SANE Exam 109 Questions with Verified Answers Sexual assault -CORRECT ANSWER Any sexual act that is forced against someone's will.Physical, verbal, or psychological. Victims who don't consent, are unable to consent or refuse to allow the act. What's an instance of someone being unable to give consent - CORRECT ANSWER •persistent vegetative state pts, children (every state is diff), someone under the influence, •Can escalate quickly, can physically overpower •No means no •We a...

History of Private Security Bureau -ANSWER The Texas Department of Public safety, regulatory services division which oversees the private security bureau, formerly known as the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies was created in 1969 to license and regulate the investigations and the security industry in Texas. The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows -ANSWER (1) Four...

What was the first paid police department? - Answer Philadelphia 1833 due process revolution - Answer U.S. Supreme Court application of the Bill of Rights to state criminal proceedings effected police training What city/state had first uniformed police department? - Answer New York Who were the first detectives? - Answer Bow Street Runners -volunteers Rogues Gallery - Answer photographs of known criminals arranged by criminal specialty and height Secret Service - Answer Federal ...

Locard's Principle of Exchange - contact between people and objects during a crime can result in a transfer of material direct evidence - evidence (if true) that proves a fact (eyewitness account) circumstantial evidence - evidence that does not directly support a fact (blood stain or fingerprint) physical evidence - an object used to support elements of a crime biological evidence - organic matter used to support elements of a crime class evidence - evidence that narrows an iden...

The study of medicolegal death investigation is one that encompasses a number of other disciplines. These include: - answer-social sciences The two basic death investigation systems in the United States are: - answer-coroner and medical examiner What type of death investigation system does Louisiana have? - answer-coroner Many different professionals and agencies make up the response to a death investigation. Besides the medical examiner and coroner offices, others involved can include:...

Locard's Principle of Exchange - contact between people and objects during a crime can result in a transfer of material direct evidence - evidence (if true) that proves a fact (eyewitness account) circumstantial evidence - evidence that does not directly support a fact (blood stain or fingerprint) physical evidence - an object used to support elements of a crime biological evidence - organic matter used to support elements of a crime class evidence - evidence that narrows an identity t...

Official pronouncement of death can... - answer-Be determined by state statute and local customs Authorization to conduct a medio-legal autopsy must be provuded by... - answer-The coroner or medical examiner when jurisdiction is established A previosuly healthy four-month-old infant is found unresponsive in his crib at home. He is rushed to the hospital, where he is maintained on a repirator for 26 hours before being declared dead. No external trauma or disease is noted by the treating phy...

ANECEPHALIC - answer-An infant born without a brain BEREAVEMENT - answer-Sorrow following the death of a loved one BRAIN DEATH - answer-Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as indicated by a flat EEG or absence of cerebral blood flow for a predetermined period of time CARDIAC DEATH - answer-Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular system involving the heart and blood vessels CESSATION - answer-The final stoppage of action CORONER - answer-Typically a...