Exam 1: History of Death Investigation

Medical examiners do not have to be physicians.

The first medical examiner's office was established in ___________ in 1918 and was the first government division of its kind in the United States.

ABMDI was established in 2005 as an organization to insure basic skills and knowledge as a death investigator.

The Center for Disease Control maintains a list of the medical examiner and coroner jurisdictions within the United States.

Forensics refers to the application of various fields of science and medicine in the resolution of legal proceedings and is derived from the word ___________.

In 1954, the United States passed the __________ which outlined general classes of deaths that need to be further investigated and certified by a government body rather than a hospital pathologist or treating physician.

Forensic pathology has been recognized by the American Board of Pathology as a subspecialty since 1959.

NAME is a national professional organization that was established in 1966 and is open only to forensic pathologists.

______________ is the study of physical characteristics of an individual that make them unique. It involves recording measurements of various body regions such as forearms, trunk, ears, etc.

Edmond Locard's exchange principle states that whenever two items come into contact, they exchange material between them.

The ___________maintains a list of the medical examiner and coroner jurisdictions within the United States.

Physicians undergo a general licensure examination process called the United States Medical License Exam.

The history of the term coroner originates from the term "crowding" a tax collector for the dead and originated in England.

Calvin Goddard established the first American crime laboratory in Los Angeles in 1923.

______________ developed the "exchange principle" which states that whenever two items come into contact, they exchange material between them.

The local ________ department is the governing body that filters all death certificates to the National Bureau of Vital Statistics.

Coroners are elected officials and in most jurisdictions the only credentials required for being placed on the ballot are a high school diploma and a voter registration.