criminalistics
criminalistics n. 刑事侦察学；犯罪侦察学 运用化学、物理学、生理学、心理学及其他学科知识，例如摄影技术、毒物学、指纹学、血液分析等相关技术，进行犯罪侦破的一门学科。它有时被包括在犯罪学中，有时又是法医学和药学的一部分。 (→criminology)
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criminalistics
criminalistics (krim-[schwa]-n[schwa]-lis-tiks), n. The science of crime detection, usu. involving the subjection of physical evidence to laboratory analysis, including ballistic testing, blood-fluid and tissue analysis, and other tests. Cf. CRIMINOLOGY. — criminalistic, adj.
criminology
criminology (krim-[schwa]-nol-[schwa]-jee), n. The study of crime and criminal punishment as social phenomena; the study of the causes of crime and the treatment of offenders, comprising (1) criminal biology, which examines causes that may be found in the mental and physical constitution of an offender (such as hereditary tendencies and physical defects), and (2) criminal
bertillon system
Bertillon system (b[schwa]r-t[schwa]-lon or bair-tee-yawn). A system of anthropometry once used to identify criminals by measuring and describing them. • The Bertillon system is named for Alphonse Bertillon, the French anthropologist who developed the technique early in the 20th century. It has been largely replaced by fingerprinting. Cf. ANTHROPOMETRY. “The system of identification known as
criminalist
criminalist (krim-[schwa]-n[schwa]l-ist). 1. A person who practices criminalistics as a profession. 2. Archaic. One versed in criminal law. 3. Archaic. A psychiatrist who treats criminals. 4. Archaic. A habitual criminal.