Forensic Science Unit 2

Father of.....

Criminal Investigation

Hans Gross

Toxicology

Mathieu Orfila

Anthropometry

Alphonse Bertillon

Ballistics

Calvin Goodard

Fingerprinting

Francis Galton

Bloodstain Indentification

Leone Lattes

Questioned Documents

Albert Osborn

DNA Analysis

Sir. Alec Jeffreys

Microscopy

Walter McCrone

Crime Lab

J. Edgar Hoover

Author of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Pathologists

identify the causes and manners of death

Toxicologists

blood, alcohol, and poisons

Entomologists

insects to study the time of death (TOD)

Trace evidence examiners

hair, fiber, paint, glass, and impressions

Criminalogists

Study criminal and behavioral psychology

APB

All points bulletin

DEA

Drug Enforcement Agency

DNA

Deoxyribo-nucleic acid

PERK

Physical evidence recovery kit

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction

QD

Questioned document

American Academy of Forensic Science

AAFS

Gas Chromatograph

GC

Alternative Light Source

ALS

Not guilty by reason of insanity

NGRI

Transportation Security Administration

TSA

Modus Operandi

MO

VICAP

Violent criminal apprehension program

Dead on Arrival

DOA