Sociology 2253A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7-15: Offender Profiling, Law Abiding Citizen, Conditional Sentence

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Anthropometry: the science of measuring the size, weight, and proportions of the human body in criminal cases. Locard"s exchange principle: states that whenever objects come in contact with one another, there will be an exchange of material between them. Trace evidence: evidence such as blood, or other bodily fluids like saliva, semen, fingerprints hair, teeth marks, fibers, from clothing or carpets flakes of skin left under fingernails or dirt left on clothing or shoes. Identification officers: police officer who are given specialized forensic training to investigate major crimes. Scene of crime officers: usually police officers, but in rare cases may be civilian members who have taken similar training to investigate minor crimes. Forensic psychology: the application of psychological research, methods, theories, and practices to a task faced by the legal system. Cognitive ability tests: tests designed to measure reasoning, perception, memory, verbal and written language skills, mathematical ability, and problem solving.

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