Forensic Science Introduction

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Across
  1. 4. Application of scientific principles and methods to matters of law.
  2. 5. Social-science study of crime, criminals, and victim behavior; focuses on why crime happens.
  3. 7. #Legal determination of whether scientific evidence or expert testimony may be presented in court.
  4. 8. Father of forensic toxicology.
  5. 12. Undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints and developed a filing classification methodology.
  6. 13. Fictional detective who used observation and logical reasoning, shaping public views of scientific crime investigation.
  7. 16. Unit that applies principles and techniques of chemistry, physics, and geology to ID and comparison of crime scene evidence.
  8. 19. A process that uses strict guidelines to ensure careful and systematic collection, organization, and analysis of information.
  9. 22. Unit that examines body fluids and organs to determine the presence or absence of drugs and Poisons
  10. 23. Unit that dispatches specially trained personnel to crime scenes to collect and preserve physical evidence for analysis.
  11. 24. Devised a relatively simple procedure for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain.
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  1. 1. Devised the first scientific system of personal identification called anthropometry.
  2. 2. Founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons.
  3. 3. Unit that processes and examines evidence for latent fingerprints.
  4. 6. Any material object or substance related to an event that can be scientifically examined to establish facts or reconstruct events.
  5. 9. Wrote the first treatise describing the application of scientific disciplines for criminal investigation in 1893.
  6. 10. Authored an early forensic chemistry text and worked on Tutankhamun-related restoration.
  7. 11. Unit that identifies and performs DNA profiling on body fluids and compares hairs.
  8. 14. Refined the techniques of comparison of a bullet with one test-fired from a suspect weapon.
  9. 15. World's pre-eminent microscopist who advocated applying microscopy to forensic science cases.
  10. 17. An individual whom the court determines possesses knowledge relevant to trial not expected of the average layperson.
  11. 18. Unit that examines firearms, discharged bullets, cartridge cases, shotgun shells, and other ammunition.
  12. 20. Developed fundamental principles of document examination for acceptance of documents as scientific evidence in courts.
  13. 21. Unit that studies handwriting and typewriting on questioned documents to ascertain authenticity and/or source.