Exam 8: The Crime Laboratory

Which of the following is not a requirement of the ethics codes as required by the code of ethics for forensic science?

Mitochondrial DNA is found in the mitochondria,which are only in the body of a female who has given birth to a child.

Forensic science is defined as

DNA evidence was first used in court in a trial in England in 1985.

Problems identified in crime labs in the United States involve all of the following except

When body fluids are submitted to a laboratory for analysis,how are the specimens handled in light of concerns about the transmittal of hepatitis and AIDS?

DNA evidence can

There are three primary purposes of a digital crime lab.They are to examine and collect relevant digital evidence and secure evidence that directly involve computer crimes such as money laundering,possessing child pornography,embezzlement,fraud,and identity theft and to prevent and investigate terrorist plots.

Describe the measures of effectiveness of crime laboratories.

A crime laboratory can help in answering which of the following questions?

The FBI's ________ contains over 3,500 handguns and 2,000 shoulder weapons and is used for identifying gun parts and locating serial numbers.

In addition to problems with backlogs of cases at crime labs,both state and local labs reported that their main concern for their DNA programs was the ________.

A ________ search is conducted when a DNA sample collected from a crime does not match any of the samples in the data base.

Describe NIBIN,IAFIS,and CODIS.

A technical manual that includes validation studies performed by the lab itself and sets forth standardized methodologies for performing routine tests in the laboratory is the

What difficulties are caused by an investigator not understanding the capabilities and limitations of crime laboratories?

Collecting DNA evidence requires special consideration.Among these considerations,for long-term storage,keep biological evidence in a refrigerator with the temperature between 40 and 55 degrees Fahrenheit.

As a joint program of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms (ATF),and the FBI,the ________ integrates all the elements of Ceasefire and Brasscatcher (both former ATF programs and Drugfire (an FBI program).

The ________ is used in the national,state,and local index-system networks to link typing results from unresolved crimes with cases in multiple jurisdictions or persons convicted of offenses specified in the data-banking laws passed by local jurisdictions.

A national online fingerprint and criminal-history database with identification and response capabilities,________ consists of three integrated segments: the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS),the Interstate Identification Index (III),and the Identification Tasking and Networking (ITN).