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Said that when two objects come into contact with each other, A cross-transfer of materials occurs.

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Locard

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Developed system of personal identification based on body measurements

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Bertillon

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Reasons for the rapid growth of crime laboratories in the United States

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Changing judicial requirements, growth of DNA profiling, rising crime, drug abuse

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Function of a Forensic scientist

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Analyze physical evidence and persuade a jury to accept their conclusions from the analysis

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Who devised the first workable procedure for typing dried blood stains

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Lattes

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Early efforts at applying scientific principles to document examination are associated with

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Osborn

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Who directed one of the first functional crime laboratories in Lyons, France

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Locard

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Which city created the first forensic laboratory

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Los Angeles

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Britain’s crime laboratory system is characterized by a national system of what kind of laboratories?

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Regional

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Name four important federal agencies offering forensic services

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FBI, DEA, ATF, US Postal Service

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The application of chemistry, physics, and geology to crime scene evidence is in what unit of a crime lab

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Trace evidence

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In what case did the Supreme Court rule that in assessing the admissibility of new and unique scientific tests the judge did not have to rely on “general acceptance”

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Daubert v. Dow medical

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What was the Florida case that exemplified the flexibility and discretion that the trial judge has in matters of scientific inquiry

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Coppolino v. State

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Who made the comparison microscope and indispensable tool of firearms examination

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Goddard

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Who started the application of science to criminal investigation (Austrian magistrate)

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Hans gross

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A decentralized system of crime laboratories currently exists in the US under the auspices of various governmental agencies at what four levels?

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Federal, state, county, and municipal

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What unit what examine blood, hairs, fibers, and botanical materials

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Biology unit

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The “general acceptance” principle that serves as a criteria for the judicial admissibility of scientific evidence Started in which case

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Frye v. United States

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Which case did the US Supreme Court decision Expand the gatekeeper rule to all expert witnesses?

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Kumho tire v. Carmichael

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Can scientific evaluation of crime scene evidence overcome the results of a poorly conducted criminal investigation?

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No

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Do the techniques of physical evidence collection require a highly skilled individual who must specialize in that area of investigation?

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No

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Name three methods for recording a crime scene

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Photography, scratching, notes

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Do possible carriers of trace evidence have to be collected at a scene

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Yes

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Evidence from a deceased victim that should be submitted to the crime laboratory includes

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Blood, clothing, fingernail scraping, bullets, hand swabs, vaginal oral and anal swabs, head and pubic hairs

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What is required with respect to the possession and location of physical evidence

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A chain of evidence

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What is required alongside submission of physical evidence

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Control or standard material for comparison

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What sets in after death that could make the skin appear dark blue or purple in the areas close to the ground

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Liver mortis