NATS 1575 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Automated Fingerprint Identification, Combined Dna Index System, Forensic Toxicology
30 Aug 2016
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Forensic science the application of science to civil and criminal laws. The scientific method: create a question worth investigating, form a reasonable hypothesis to answer question, test hypothesis through experimentation, validate/reject hypothesis a. i. Upon validation of the hypothesis, it becomes suitable as scientific evidence. Bertillon, galton, lattes, goddard, osborn, and locard are some of the main founders" of forsensic science; they developed the principles and techniques needed to identify or compare physical evidence. Alphonse bertillion developed first scientific system of personal identification (= Leone lattes developed a procedure to determine blood type from dried bloodstains. Calvin goddard used a comparison microscope to determine if a particular gun fired a bullet. Walter mccrone utilized microscopy to examine evidence. Hans gross wrote the first treatise describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Edmond locard incorporared gross" principles within a workable crime laboratory.
