Collins_Forensic.qxd 9/21/06 3:40 PM Page 1 FORENSIC CHEMISTRY David Collins Brigham Young University—Idaho C P rime-time television is chock-full of drama centered on the criminal justice system. Programs such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‚ Law & Order‚ Criminal Minds‚ and Cold Case carry the viewer through stimulating‚ yet nearly impossible-to-solve‚ investigations that culminate with the evidence revealing the entire untold story behind a crime in one hour or less. In real life
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Forensic Science has contributed to our world a great deal. People often misunderstand Forensic Science and believe it is much more capable than it really is. As a matter of fact what you see on T.V. is around 80% false or over exaggerated in some way. To Start of‚ Criminal Investigation is the largest and most known form of Forensic Science. Some of the more known areas include; Fingerprinting‚ Ballistics‚ DNA Identification‚ Fiber Samples‚ Computer Animation‚ Documentation analysis‚ etc. To
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In legal cases involving a dead body that has died of unnatural causes‚ such as homocide or suicide‚ a forensic pathologist‚ also known as a medical examiner is called in. The medical examiner’s main job is to perform an autopsy on the victim of any unnatural form of death. Many forensic pathologists also have been trained in the legal process of investigation on top of their medical training because they can be called to court as expert witnesses during a case. Possible job locations could vary
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Forensic Science was officially developed in the 13th century. It began when a murder mystery in China led a man named Song Ci to compare multiple wounds on animals with different weapons to see which wound matched that of the victim. Song Ci was living in 1248‚ so he was not even close to the technology we have today in the field of Forensic Science. In fact‚ forensic science just kept growing and eventually‚ hundreds of years later; the first official forensic science lab was opened in Los Angeles
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FORENSICS Forensics‚ by and large‚ is the application of science to the legal process. It is an emerging research domain in India. There are many different types of forensic sciences baring their vital presence possibly in every field of human endeavor. Of these‚ let us now discuss about the computational‚ cyber and the DNA forensics. COMPUTATIONAL FORENSICS: The development of computational methods or mathematical and software techniques to solve forensic issues is called computational forensics
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Forensic science is the application of science to both criminal and civil laws. Those who work in this field are called forensic scientists. Forensic scientists collect‚ preserve‚ and analyze scientific evidence during the course of an investigation. Some forensic scientists travel to collect physical evidence while others work in laboratories to analyze the evidence. There are ten different forensic units and departments that have different purposes and different roles. These units and departments
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Forensic Anthropology Theme: A forensic anthropologist examines the skeletal remains which makes significant contributions to an investigation. Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process. The identification of skeletal‚ badly decomposed‚ or otherwise unidentified human remains is important for both legal and humanitarian reasons. Forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in physical anthropology to identify
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Polymorphism is a method used to study DNA. One of the reasons that this test became less useful is because it requires an excessive amount of DNA. Critical Thinking Questions Why do you think DNA has had such an impact on forensic science? I think DNA is such an important factor of forensic science because it could lead you to the suspect in charge of the crime. What do you think would be some of the challenges in collecting DNA evidence? How would you overcome these challenges? I think some of the
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