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An Introduction to Forensics webquest

Per:
Name:__________________________________________ Number:
Date: ____________
Task #1: Visit the following website → https://bit.ly/2NbQYSb

1. What did the following people contribute to Forensics?

Mathieu Orfila

Alphonse Bertillion

Francis Galton

Calvin Goddard

Albert S. Osborn

Edmond Locard

2. Compare and contrast the Daubert Ruling and Frye Standard.

3. When was the concept of Forensic Science first noted? Where?

4. When was the term “Forensics” added to the dictionary?

5. What are the 3 major crime labs within the Department of Justice?
1. _____________________________________
2._____________________________________
3._____________________________________

6. List 5 Crime Lab Services that are offered within these departments:
a.___________ b. _____________ c. _____________ d.___________ e.________
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7. What are the jobs of the following Forensic Specialists:

Forensic Anthropologist

Forensic Psychiatrist

Forensic Entomologist

Forensic Pathologist

Forensic Odontology

Forensic Engineering

8. What does the crime scene photographer do?

Task #2: Use your favorite search engine to find the answers to the following
questions:

9. What are the 4 types of search patterns? Sketch each below.

10. What is the role of an expert witness in a trial?

11. What does the Fourth Amendment of the US constitution state?

Task #3: Visit the following website→ http://bit.ly/thecsieffect

12. Why did defense attorney Hirschhorn want people who watched CSI as jurors
for his client Mr. Durst?

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13. What percentage of people in the jury pool watched CSI or similar shows?

14. What “mistaken notion” do programs such as CSI promote?

15. What complaint do defense lawyers have about CSI type shows?

16. What complaint do prosecutors have about CSI type shows?

17. The article states that the “main fault” of shows such as CSI is that “The science
is always above reproach.” Explain what that means in your own words.

Task #4: Conduct an internet search for reputable articles that compare the work of
a CSI in “real life” to CSIs depicted on television. Record your findings on the table
below.
TV Reality

19. Complete
1 the table:

Task #5: Visit the following website→ https://bit.ly/3KQ0LHN


At this site you will participate in a virtual crime and use the clues provided to solve the mystery.
18. Who is the barefoot burglar? Explain your answer.

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