History of Forensics Science Quiz Review

Trial by ordeal means

• Having a lengthy trial to prove guilt or innocence

• The trial utilized forensics evidence

• The trial did not use a lawyer

• Torture was used to force a person to confess

Anthropometry is the study of

• disease

• variations in physical measurement

• crime solving

• death and dismemberment

The Bertillion system used how many different body measurements to identify an individual?

• 4

• 11

• 24

• 9

Grand Rapids, Michigan is important in forensic history because it was the first time

• strangulation was distinguished from drowning

• fingerprints were analyzed from a crime scene

• a surveillance camera was used to indentify criminals

• Bertillion used anthropometry to solve a crime

A white, tasteless, odorless, poisonous powder developed during the late 1700s that went virtually undetected is

• strychnine

• dixoin

• arsenic

• arsenal

Pathology is the study of

• how the human body deteriorates after death

• changes occurring in the body as a result of disease

• the human skeleton

• forensic science

In 1248, this book provided the earliest evidence of doctors applying medical evidence to a crime

• Hsi Duan Yu

• The Washing of Hands

• Medical Evidence

• Trial by Ordeal

During the witch trials, "medical evidence" tended to be

• accurate

• biased

• detailed

• based on fingerprint evidence

Match the scientist with their accomplishment

• Alphonse Bertillion

• Detected poisons

• Henry Faulds

• First definitive study of fingerprints

• Joseph Orfila

• Developed anthropometry

• Edmond Locard

• Said criminals always carry pieces of evidence to and from a crime scene