CHE 113 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Virtual Image, Facilitated Communication, Decimal Mark

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHE 113
• Professor: James Spencer

Document Summary

Forensic science: application of scientific methods and principles to the investigation of crime and criminals. Often affiliated with criminalistics: the science and profession dealing with the recognition, collection, identification, individualization, and interpretation of physical evidence, and the application of the natural sciences to law-science matters. Answers six questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how. First attempt at a forensic textbook was his duan yu- pu(cid:271)lished a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1008)(cid:1012) (cid:271)(cid:455) u(cid:374)g t"ze. Book was designed to help other magistrates investigate crimes and avoid injustices. Mode(cid:396)(cid:374) fo(cid:396)e(cid:374)si(cid:272)s (cid:271)ega(cid:374) i(cid:374) ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) to (cid:373)id (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s. He was the first person to attempt to identify blood on evidence using chemical tests. Used bullet and firearm comparisons to trace bullets found in victims to the individual weapons. Reported a way to find plant poisons in a persons body. Developed a detailed system involving the measurements of anatomical features which he believed could be used to identify a particular person called anthropometry.