HOSA Forensic Science Test

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Who helped advance fingerprint, firearms, and hair analysis?

Victor Balthazard

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Who was credited with developing a probablility model that showed fingerprints are unique (10^60 chance of 2 people having same patterns)?

Victor Balthazard

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Who developed an advanced photographic method of comparing markings on bullets?

Victor Balthazard

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What is the identification of suspects using 11 body measurements?

Anthropometry/bertillonage

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Who created anthropometry?

Alphonse Bertillon

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When was anthropometry popular?

1883-1900s

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Who was the first forensic scientist that used fingerprints to solve a case?

Alphonse Bertillon

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Who was the cousin of Charles Darwin?

Sir Francis Galton

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Who developed the first classification for fingerprints?

Sir Francis Galton

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What is used to describe one of the features found in fingerprints in the US?

Galton Ridge

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Who is credited with establishing examination of firearms evidence in US?

Galvin Goddard

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Who coined the term of "criminalistics"?

Hans Gross

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What does criminalistics refer to?

The forensic analysis of physical evidence

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Who wrote Kriminologie?

Hans Gross

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What is Locard's exchange principle?

Every contact leaves a trace

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Who created Locard's exchange principle?

Edmond Locard

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Who is the founder of forensic toxicology?

Mathieu Orfila

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Who spent a good deal of their time studying poison?

Mathieu Orfila

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What poison did Mathieu Orfila spend the most time studying?

Arsenic

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What is the adversarial system?

Two positions arguing for acceptance

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What is a judge and jury also called?

Finder of fact/trier of truth

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What is the scientific method?

Data based and founded on concepts taken collectively through a series of steps

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What is the first step of the scientific method?

Formulate hypothesis

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What is the second step of the scientific method?

Test hypothesis using observation or experimentation

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What is the third step of the scientific method?

Based on results, revise hypothesis and repeat previous steps

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What is the fourth step of the scientific method?

Continue until the data is in agreement with hypothesis

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What is the first thing a forensic scientist should do?

Distinguish evidence from coincidence

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What is the second thing a forensic scientist should do?

Rank alternative results based on the basic principles in applied sciences

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What is the third thing a forensic scientist should do?

Allow for certainty and probabilistic considerations wherever appropriate through this ranking

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What is the fourth thing a forensic scientist should do?

Disallow hypotheses more extraordinary than facts

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What is the fifth thing a forensic scientist should do?

Pursue specific details

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What is the sixth thing a forensic scientist should do?

Pursue testing by addressing smallest logical component of the hypothesis one at a time

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What are the opinions of Charles Sander Pierce?

Contrite Fallibilism

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What is contrite fallibilism?

The awareness of how much we do not know and the humility to acknowledge the possibility of making mistakes

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Who normally works as private consultants?

Forensic anthropologists/engineers

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What are public laboratories?

Laboratories funded by governments

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What are private laboratories?

Businesses designed to make a profit

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What do most private laboratories specialize in?

DNA and forensic toxicology

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What is the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner tasked with?

Death investigations and houses laboratories associated with performing autopsies

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What will the office of the Chief Medical Examiner also have?

Toxicology laboratories to analyze postmortem samples

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What do full-service laboratories cover?

DNA, drug analysis, firearms and toolmarks, trace evidence, fingerprints

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What is an example of a full-service laboratory?

FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia

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What is a small branch laboratory?

Laboratory that focuses on one type of evidence

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What are the jobs of a forensic scientist that is also a police officer?

Respond to crime scenes, process and collect evidence, deliver evidence for further testing

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What is accreditation?

A laboratory that agrees to work according to professional standards and proves that it can and does operate this way

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What does accreditation also require?

Re-accreditation on a set schedule

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What is certification?

A forensic scientist that has completed a written test covering their discipline

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What board covers the most diverse set of forensic disciplines?

American Board of Criminalistics

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How does certification begin?

Passing a multiple-choice test

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What can you do after certification?

To be further certified in a specialty area

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What does this level of certification require?

A successful completion of yearly proficiency tests

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Mathieu Orfila

(1787-1853) Founder of forensic toxicology, studied poisons and worked on the Marie Lafarge poisoning case

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Sir Francis Galton

(1822-1911) Developed the first classification system for fingerprints, published the book Fingerprints in 1892 and described the loop, arch and whorl of fingerprint patterns

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Hans Gross

(1847-1915) Generalist who believed in diverse approaches to forensic science and published the first forensic science textbook, Criminal Investigations, in 1893.

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Victor Bathazard

(1852-1950) Paris Medical Examiner who advanced fingerprint, firearm and hair analysis, showed that fingerprint are unique to the 10^60 and used photography to help identify bullets

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Alphonse Bertillion

(1853-1914) Developed anthropometry and was the first to solve a case using fingerprints

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Edmond Locard

(1877-1966) Established a forensic lab in Lyons France in 1910, founded the Locard Exchange Principle and focused on trace evidence

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Calvin Goddard

(1891-1955) Established the study of firearms evidence in the US, established a variety of police labs in the US and invented the comparison scope.

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Anthropometry

System of identification of suspects involving 11 body measurements + descriptions + photos

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Criminalistics

Describes forensic analysis of physical evidence

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Locard Exchange Principle

Every Contact Leaves a Trace

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Juan Vucitech

(1891) Who began the first fingerprint files

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The Henry Classification System

Classification for fingerprinting in all European Countries

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1 in 64 billion

Sir Francis Galton's odds for two fingerprints being the same

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The scientific method

System in which forensic scientists work

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The adversarial system

System in which lawyers work

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Finder of fact

Judge or jury who determines "right" in a case

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Civil Cases

Occur between individuals and must show a preponderance of evidence (51%)

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Criminal Cases

Occur when laws have been broken, the government in the prosecutor and and guilt but be shown beyond a reasonable doubt (99%)

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Felony

Serious criminal case, possibility of greater than 1 year in prison

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Misdemeanor

Minor criminal case, possible of a fine or less than 1 year in prison

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Voir Dire

Qualifications of a scientists given in a court of law

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Subpoena

A statement requiring someone to appear in court and stating the when and where the trial will be held

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Gilbert Thomas

(1882) Who used fingerprints officially in the US for the first time

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Dr. Henry Faulds

(1880) First to come up with a classification system based on fingerprints

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1892

When was the first fingerprint identification made

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1901

When was the idea of fingerprinting introduced to England/Wales

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Karl Landsteiner

Discovered ABO blood typing and received the Nobel Prize in medicine for this work in1930.

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Alec Jeffreys

Geneticist who developed DNA testing

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Colin Pitchfork

First criminal convicted by DNA evidence

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William Hershel (1856)

The first to use fingerprinting as a method of identification

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Forensic Nurse

Trained to treat trauma patients (assaulted), take blood and tissue samples, collect evidence, photograph and measure wounds

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Rules of Evidence

Exclusionary rules that filter out irrelevent/prejudiced information

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Frye Standard

New methods must be generally accepted by scientists

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Federal Rules of Evidence

Allows expert witnesses to explain techniques in court

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Daubert Trilogy

Judge becomes gatekeeper to determine the admissibility of evidence while following a court framework

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Direct Evidence

Evidence that establishes something without further work (eyewitness testimony)

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Circumstantial Evidence

Evidence that requires reasonable inferences to be drawn (DNA found at a crime scene)

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Class characteristic evidence

Evidence that doesn't indicate a specific individual (shell casings, sneaker prints)

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Individual characteristic evidence

Evidence that does indicate a specific individual (fingerprints, DNA)

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Associative Evidence

Things found at the crime scene that can be matched to an exemplar (standard)

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Biological Evidence

Human (or other) tissues used to identify a person or animal. Includes DNA testing.

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Chemical Evidence

Includes drugs, explosive, toxicology ect...

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Trace Evidence

Random stuff left at a crime scene and taken from a crime scene due to Locard's Exchange Principle

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Fingerprint Evidence

Fingerprints and their identification and developments

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Impression Evidence

Impressions on the ground caused by footwear, tires, ect...

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Firearm and Tool Mark Evidence

Fired bullets, casings, Gun Powder Residue, impressions left by tools ect...

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Questioned Documents

Examining documents for forgery

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Primary Crime Scene

Site of first criminal activity in a case

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Secondary Crime Scene

Site of following criminal activity in a case

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