Evidence at a crime scene, such as blood, DNA, fingerprints, or shoeprints all help forensic investigators determine what might have occurred and help identify or exonerate potential suspects.…
Why is evidence important in forensic science? What evidence was important in the episodes? Why?…
4. Evidence is important to forensic science because it helps solve the crime and it contributes DNA to find the criminal. The evidence important in the episodes was the broken glass, the green goo, and mostly the blue dog beer can.…
Physical evidence is anything that can establish a crime has happened and anything that leads the crime to the criminal. Law enforcement may collect physical evidence not only from the crime scene, but also from a person's body and/or property (home, car,etc). Some examples include weapons, fibers, and hair.…
Forensic evidence has been used since the beginning of investigating. It could be anything from ammunition, to a handprint on the door, to the drops of blood on the crime scene. As seen in “Forensic Evidence” by Andrea Campbell, the indisputable forensic evidence is the best kind to use in a trial.…
1. Physical evidence is anything that can establish a crime has happened and anything that links the crime a criminal. Three types of physical evidence would be weapons, fibers, and hairs.…
What are the three types of fingerprints found in the human population? How often does each occur?…
What physical evidence did you find at the victim’s home? A box of matches, a space heater, beer bottles, Natalie’s wallet, a V-shaped burn pattern, burned outlet, a protected surface on the ground, crazed glass, and a puddle-shaped burn pattern.…
Physical evidence is anything that can establish a crime has happened and anything that links the crime and the criminal. Examples would be a bullet, a hair or even blood.…
Forensic science, is the application of science to the criminal justice system. Forensic science is any science that is used for the purposes of the criminal justice system. Forensic scientists use forensics to help determine who committed a crime. For example, forensic scientists are able to compare fingerprints from a crime scene with databases of fingerprints in order to find who was at the scene of a crime.…
The prosecution case against the main suspect, Michael Shirley, consisted of four circumstantial pieces of evidence. Forensic evidence is evidence obtained by scientific methods. In the case of Linda Cook, methods used included extracting impressions and DNA. An Athletic shoe impression was found on Cook’s abdomen, sizing at 43-45 and was the right foot. This shoe had a distinctive tread pattern including the obvious impression of the word ‘Flash’ located in the heel. The suspect owned a pair of size 44 athletic shoes with the same tread and stated that he “may” have been wearing them on the night of Linda Cook’s murder. The difficult aspect of locating shoe impressions in forensic cases is that 96% of impressions aren’t used as sufficient forensic evidence (Moles & Sangha 2003). Only 250 pairs of these shoes had been sold in…
1. Forensic Science is the use of science within the criminal justice system in order to assist in studying criminal acts.…
Evidence can be as diverse as people; however, when looking to collect any type of evidence, it will typically be separated into one of two categories: real evidence or testimonial. Real evidence is considered to be tangible, such as, it will be anything that the five senses can perceive (Worral, Hemmens, & Nored, 2012, p. 71). Articles of clothing, weapons, contracts or legal documentation, and photographs are all examples of tangible / real evidence. Additionally, within this same category of real evidence, “demonstrative” evidence will also be included. This type of evidence would be anything that can actually demonstrate the crime and/or scene. For example, a technician…
This book inventories step by step procedures used in securing, processing and documenting a crime scene. Additionally, the author covers other areas of forensic investigation such as fingerprinting, ballistics, cybercrime, DNA, and body decomposition scenes. The author gives a step by step account of how crime scenes are managed from the first step: the first responder up to the closing and release of a crime scene. Malocco also discusses the public’s conception of how forensic investigations are performed in comparison to what they see on television. This misconception is addressed and how this fallacy can impact juries in criminal cases where DNA and forensic techniques and processing are a focal point to the verdict. The author holds…
The aim of this essay is to discuss and evaluate the use of forensics in criminal investigation. This work will focus on Ballistic Sciences. Ballistic Sciences is the study of the firing, flight and effects of ammunition .This essay will use historical cases to show how the technology has changed in Ballistic Sciences.…