Forensic Science Modern Marvels FBI S Crime Lab DVD

Forensic Science Modern Marvels—FBI’s Crime Lab DVD

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

1. What is revolutionary about the design of the laboratory building?

2. Why does the FBI laboratory offer its services to labs around the country?

3. What equipment did the first FBI crime lab begin with? How does this compare to modern day crime labs?

4. What caused the FBI crime lab to not be accredited?

5. What is one of the oldest units of the lab? When was it established?

6. Why are IED a problem for the crime lab?

7. How did the town of Lockerbie help the crime lab after PanAm 103 crashed?

8. How did they determine where the bomb had come from?

9. How far along your finger are your prints unique?

10. Why is mitochondrial DNA preferred over nuclear DNA?

11. How did 9/11 change the FBI crime lab?

12. Why does the HMRU have so much equipment?