Intro to Forensics Review

_____ is the study and application of science to matters of law.

• biology

• forensic science

• criminology

• ballistics

This specialized crime unit deals with analyzing poisons and drugs.

• ballistics

• geology

• fingerprinting

• toxicology

 A Document Examination unit deals with the following evidence:

• ransom notes

• phony bank checks

• forged signatures

• all of the above

This US crime agency maintains the world’s largest forensics crime lab.

• FBI

• DEA

• ATF

• USPS

This federal crime agency deals with crimes involving alcohol, weapons, explosives and organized crime

• FBI

• DEA

• ATF

• USPS

This basic crime unit can analyze body fluids, DNA, blood factors, hairs, fibers and plants:

• chemistry unit

• biology unit

• physics unit

• fingerprint unit

In 1670, he developed the first high-powered microscope in Holland.

•  Edmond Locard

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

• Thomas Edison

 This Frenchman developed the Anthropometric System of body measurements to identify people in 1879

• Edmond Locard

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

• Thomas Edison

In 1910, he began the world’s first crime lab in Lyon, France.

• Edmond Locard

•  Alphonse Bertillon

• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

• Thomas Edison

This is the supreme body of laws that governs our country.

• Statutory law

• Civil law

• US Constitution

• Forensic law