1. INTRODUCTION Forensic science is the application of scientific procedures to help solve criminal and legal matters. At the scene of any crime a variety of physical evidence may be left behind that can link a criminal to a crime‚ or help reconstruct the sequence of events which occurred during that crime. Forensic biologists examine articles and crime scenes for evidence of biological material and attempt to determine the origin of that material by using tests that provides biologically discrimination
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Forensic Toxicology Forensic toxicology plays an exceptionally vital role in linking victim deaths to drug use‚ poisonings‚ and the detection of foreign chemicals and toxins in the human body. The utilization of analytical chemistry and a few chemical tests can tell investigators if the victim was under the influence of any drugs or even poisoned‚ by studying samples of blood‚ urine‚ hair and even bodily fluids. Forensic toxicologists detect and identify the foreign chemicals in the body‚ the
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Often two types of investigations have been differentiated. The ‘reactive approach’ to investigation occurs when a police responds to a crime that has already taken place such as murder‚ or theft. On the other hand‚ the ‘proactive approach’ to investigation occurs in response to an ongoing criminal activity or even before the crime has been committed. For e.g. the police may get information that a gang is going to commit a crime in a particular area. In other cases‚ the police may patrol an area
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Dan Stenson Professor Gettys Academic Writing 4/24/12 Importance of Forensic Accounting Business has been around for thousands of years with people buying‚ selling/ trading food‚ animals‚ and jewelry just to meet their own standards of living. Business fraud has been around for just as long as business has. Every person to this day and in the future was and will be looking for ways to save and earn money. The best know earliest case of fraud deals with the whites and Indians in 1626 with
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Virginia Lynch is known as the mother of forensic nursing. In 1982 she got the chance to visit a crime lab multiple times. Her interest made her become an emergency nurse. She noticed‚ “evidence‚ such as clothing‚ specimens‚ records or personal items were often lost‚ discarded or returned to family instead of secured and handed over to authorities” (“ Advance Healthcare Network for Nurses”). Lynch soon learned that most perpetrators would not be caught‚ due to the loss of evidence. She worked with
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Antonio Santos Abstract Forensic Odontology is a relatively new science that utilizes the dentist’s knowledge to serve the judicial system. Worldwide‚ dentists qualified in forensic science are giving expert opinion in cases related to human identification‚ bite-mark analysis‚ craniofacial trauma and malpractice. Human Identification relies heavily on the quality of dental records. However Forensic Odontologists can still contribute to the identity investigation in the absence of dental record
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the crime site when the crime is discovered. Forensic scientists have to rely on the evidence at the scene to piece together who might have committed the crime. Also fires and explosion can cause a great deal of damage to the crime scene. The evidence traditionally found at other crime scenes is likely to be destroyed or damaged at these crime scenes‚ making it necessary for forensic scientists to focus on other types of evidence in their investigation. 2. What is the blast effect? The blast effect
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Forensic entomology is a very interesting field. It is incredible how they can determine the time of death. They literally wait for maggots to grow larger so they can be easily identified. An entomologist can even use bugs to determine if the person was on drugs before or after he or she died. The other stages other than the fresh stage that you stated are called the bloated stage‚ the decay stage‚ the post-decay stage and the dry stage (“Forensic Entomology‚” n.d.). The National Geographic has
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Mac Forensics: Mac OS X and the HFS+ File System Philip Craiger‚ PhD Assistant Director for Digital Evidence National Center for Forensic Science & Department of Engineering Technology University of Central Florida philip@craiger.net Paul K. Burke Senior Digital Evidence Research Assistant National Center for Forensic Science paulkburke@gmail.com ABSTRACT There are few resources that describe a forensics analysis of an Apple Mac computer. The purpose of this paper is describe procedures
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1.0 Introduction of Investigation Investigation can be defined quite simply as a systematic fact finding and reporting process. It is derived from the Latin word vestigere‚ to “track or trace‚” and encompasses a patient‚ step-by step inquiry. Investigation is finding facts; it is akin to research conducted in the academic arena. Investigation is a multi-disciplined field of study. It encompasses law‚ the sciences‚ communications‚ and a host of other things. Investigation requires an inquisitive
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