FORENSICS CORE FINAL EXAM QNS & ANS 2026/2027 6pages

Anthropology identification and examination of human skeletal remains Entomology the study of insects in relation to a criminal investigation Odontology use characteristics of teeth, alignment, and overall structure Dentition the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth; unique to each person Seized drugs analysis of suspected illicit and controlled substances Trace evidence textile fibers, hairs, paint, etc. Other areas fire/arson investigation, firearms and ballistics, fingerprints, microbiology, bloodstain pattern analysis, impression evidence, digital evidence Alphonse Bertillon anthropology and morphology applied as a system of personal identification Carl Scheele (1775) - first test to detect arsenic in a corpse Mathieu Orfila (1814) - first treatise on detection of poisons and their effects on animals Francis Henry Galton (1892) - first definitive study of fingerprints and methodology of classification, Finger Prints Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1887) - first novel with the character Sherlock Holmes Edmund Locard (1910) - first police laboratory, exchange principal, every contact leaves a trace Sir Alec Jeffreys (1989) - developed first profiling test Securing the crime scene Treat the scene as if the crime is still occurring, Obtain medical attention if needed, Law enforcement agents should never do anything to alter the crime scene Documentation Crime scene log, note taking, evidence markers, evidence log, sketches, photographs, and video and/or audio recordings Photos Overall or perspective views, Medium (within 6 feet), and close-up (within 12 inches) 3 methods of organized systematic search grid, lane, spiral