Truax March 28‚ 2005 Forensic Science Forensic scientists solve exiting and puzzling mysteries‚ which makes the unsolvable crimes solvable. Forensic science started in England in the 1780’s. Scientists use microscopes that can magnify things from 1‚500 to 250‚000 times! This enables them to contribute like none other to the capture of criminals. In order to become a forensic scientist‚ first you must become a scientist first. The history of forensic science goes back all the way to
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solving crimes. Those many breakthroughs have come in the forensic sciences and the technologies used to find and collect evidence from crime scenes. Fingerprint analysis and collection has come a very long way since the days of its birth. Fingerprints can be lifted from crime scenes today within seconds when it was almost impossible to in the past. Some other technological advances that have been facilitated in the field of forensic sciences are the use of chemical agents and laser technologies
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A forensic science technician is an occupation that many people have not heard of. Most people think of it as what is seen on the television show CSI‚ but there is a lot more to the job than what it pictures. A forensic scientist collects data from a crime scene and takes it back to the lab to fit the missing pieces together. This is a very important job as a forensic scientist also helps with deciding if someone is guilty or not in an investigation. Throughout this paper I will be discussing what
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Forensic science‚ by the meaning of sciences used in legal situations‚ is evolved around the science itself. In history‚ most subfields of forensic science started with a scientist expertized in the field related to the case being consulted and explained in the court. The methodologies were later used more commonly in solving crimes and evolved into the more common fields of forensic sciences. Today‚ while these common fields have specialized personnel to deal with evidence and the court as forensic
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1.What is forensic science? It is a science that is used in the court of law‚ it provides impartial scientific evidence. 2.What three tasks or responsibilities does a forensic scientist have? The primary role is to collect and analyze evidence from a crime scene. They have to analyze evidence‚ and give expert testimonys‚ but also train others. 3.What criteria might be used to establish someone as an expert witness? Someone who has special knowledge that can be used for the case‚ basically knowledge
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Daniela Solis Ms. Gadia 4/18/17 7/8A Anthropology and Forensic Science Anthropology is the study of human bones and and the development of cultures and societies. Forensic science is the discipline in which professionals use scientific means to analyze physical crime evidence. Forensic science and anthropology are both used in many different ways and maybe even alike in some ways. Anthropology and forensic science can be used together to identify multiple things. Both help
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Forensic Science: Analytical Techniques Unit 6 Project Student: Steve Gregory Kaplan University CJ385-01 Professor: Al Luckas Forensic Chemistry and Trace Evidence Analysis Author S. Gregory October 31‚ 2011 Forensic scientists are governed by a process that is known as the scientific method. The scientific method adheres to strict guidelines which will ensure the careful and systematic collection‚ organization‚ and analysis of
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03.04 Soil and Impressions Soil For the forensic scientist‚ soil is more than dirt. Soil is thought of as surface material from the earth‚ both natural and artificial. In other words‚ soil includes not only dirt but also rocks‚ animal material‚ and vegetation that lie near the surface of the ground. In addition‚ it may include pieces of glass‚ fragments of brick or stone‚ and pieces of asphalt. The combination of things in the soil may help link a suspect to the crime scene if the soil is somehow
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which about 60-65% of the population have‚ whorl fingerprints‚ which about 30-35% of the population has‚ and arch fingerprints‚ which only about 5% of the population has. 2. What is a medulla? What do forensic scientists use this for? Medulla is a set of cells that run through a piece of hair. Forensic scientists use them to determine which creature the hair came from. 3. What is a precipitin test? What is it used for? A precipitin test is a test used to distinguish between animal and human blood
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Forensic Ballistics Most of us will have heard the term ballistics at some time or other-more often than not when we have been watching fictionalized accounts of police work on television or in the cinema. When you think of forensics you may think of something like “The Forensic Files”‚ “NCIS”‚ or even “Law and Order”. Although‚ ballistics is a part of forensics first we will look at forensics itself and how it came about. After getting the basics about the foundation in forensics we will look at
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