Forensic Science Chapter 1 Flashcards
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| 10169019197 | Forensic Science | The application of science and technology to the criminal and civil laws enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system |  | 0 |
| 10169019198 | Anthropometry | Bertillon's system of bodily measurement used to identify an individual | 1 | |
| 10169019199 | Locard's exchange principle | When two objects come into contact with each other, a cross-transfer of materials occurs that can connect a criminal suspect to his or her victim | 2 | |
| 10169019200 | FBI Laboratory | World's largest forensic science laboratory | 3 | |
| 10169019201 | FBI | Federal Bureau of Invesitgation | 4 | |
| 10169019202 | GBI | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | 5 | |
| 10169019203 | Basic services/units of a Full Service Crime Lab | Physical science, biology, firearms, document examination, photography |  | 6 |
| 10169019204 | Toxicology unit | Looks for the presence or absence of drugs and toxins in body fluids and organs |  | 7 |
| 10169019205 | Polygraph unit | Lie detector used mainly by police investigators |  | 8 |
| 10169019206 | Forensic odontology | Analysis of teeth and bite marks left on a victim and the tooth structure of the suspect |  | 9 |
| 10169019207 | Frye v. United States, 1923 | Scientific evidence can be presented by expert witnesses as long as the procedures, techniques, and principles used to analyze the evidence are "generally accepted" by the scientific community | 10 | |
| 10169019208 | Daubert v. Merrel Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993 | The trial judge assumes the ultimate responsibility for acting as a "gate-keeper" in judging the admissibility and reliability of scientific evidence presented in their court | 11 | |
| 10169019209 | Witness | A person who observes an event and can provide details to a police agency or court |  | 12 |
| 10169019210 | Expert witness | An individual whom the court determines to have particular skills or knowledge in a trade or profession and that person's testimony will help the court determine the truth of a matter at trial | 13 | |
| 10169019211 | Testimony | What a person says to a court or police agency; sometimes sworn to tell the truth under oath |  | 14 |
| 10169019212 | AAFS | American Academy of Forensic Science, the largest forensic science organization in the world | 15 | |
| 10169019213 | Mathieu Orfila | Father of toxicology |  | 16 |
| 10169019214 | Civil case | Legal case between individuals and other parties usually suing monetary compensation |  | 17 |
| 10169019215 | Criminal case | Legal case where criminal charges are brought by the police or government agency |  | 18 |
| 10169019216 | Calvin Goddard | First person to connect a bullet to a murder weapon |  | 19 |
| 10169019217 | Alec Jeffries | Developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting for use in forensic science |  | 20 |
| 10169030474 | Edmond Locard | Developed Locard's Exchange Principle - every contact leaves a trace | 21 |