Forensics Chapter 1

Question 1

Before forensics, identifying, capturing, and convicting criminals relied on

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confessions, eyewitnesses

Question 2

Forensic Science is the study and application of scientific disciplines to

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the law

Question 3

Forensics seeks to answer

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Does the suspects blood match the blood found at the crime scene, Was a suspects behavior caused by drug use, How a victim died, When a victim died

Question 4

Pathology is the study of the human body

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True

Question 5

Many scientific breakthroughs in forensics are viewed with suspicion

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True

Question 6

Way to identify perpetrators using forensics

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blood typing, DNA, fingerprinting, hair and fiber studies

Question 7

Modern forensics laboratories employ experts in

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toxicology, pathology, serology

Question 8

The expansion of basic______ allowed scientists to identify chemicals and poisons

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chemistry

Question 9

Toxicology is the study of

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drugs and poison

Questions 9