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History & Court Process of Forensics Test Review Practice

Terms in this set (31)

China
Country where the first ever case was recorded in forensics
Flies
The insect that was attracted to the knife of the guilty suspect in China
Orfilia
Father of Forensic Toxicology
Published paper on detection of poisons and their effects on animals
Herschel
used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
Bertillon
Father of Criminal Identification; Developed Anthropometery; used body measurements to identify individuals
Fauld
used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burgulary suspect
Doyle
Published Sherlock Holmes and other CSI novels
Galton
Published Fingerprints; 1st studied fingerprints
Gross
Published Criminal Investigation; wrote paper on scientific principles to the field of investigation
Landsteiner
Discovered ABO blood groups
Locard
Became founder and director of Institute of Criminalistics in France
Osborn
Developed fundamental principles of document examination
Lattes
Developed method for determining blood type from dried blood
Vollmer
Established first crime lab in Los Angeles
Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; used to compare bullets from the same weapon
Persons
Forensics used more in crimes against __ rather than property
Statutory
Law on the books, legislative acts
Common
laws made up of judicial opinions and precedents
Civil
private law, deals with relationships between individuals
Criminal
public law; deals with regulations and enforcement of rights
Misdemeanor
minor crimes; theft, minor assault, possession of small amounts of illegal drugs
Felony
major crimes; such as murder, rape, armed robbery
beyond a reasonable doubt
must be proven in order to convict a suspect
equity
law that is remedial or preventative; example - restraining orders
administrative
laws made by agencies such as IRS, Social Security or military
Miranda
rights that must be read before taking a suspect into custody
72
suspect is brought before judge or comissioner __ hours before arraignment
insanity
not guilty by ____ ; suspect not able to appreciate the nature and quality of the crime committed
evidentiary
__ hearing to see whether a person charged with a crime should be held for a trial
indict
to formally accuse a person of a crime
plea bargaining
agreement in which defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge to drop more serious charge
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