PHYSICAL EVIDENCE MANUAL OREGON STATE POLICE FORENSIC SERVICES DIVISION Preference The purpose of this handbook is to educate our customer in the Criminal Justice System regarding the services provided by the Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division‚ and the recommended methods of documenting‚ collecting and preserving physical to ensure the best analysis results. The value of properly collected physical evidence followed by examination and interpretation by the forensic laboratory
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history of forensics science has continued to evolve throughout history in today’s ever changing society. The beginning of this field began in the eighth century during the uprising of the Tang Dynasty in modern day China. The chinese began to use fingerprints to identify documents‚ and clay sculptures from other empires. The start of this field brought together more skills that were created to undermine those sought at damaging empires throughout history. As this field began to grow so did other forensics
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investigator from leaving any imprint of theirs at the crime scene. Wearing latex gloves also help with safety precautions. If there are harmful chemicals at a crime scene those gloves can prevent chemical burns‚ contamination of putting your fingerprint on a chemical etc. Also‚ it is required for all crime scenes personal to wear latex gloves especially when the crime scene would be reconstructed later. When evidence is contaminated in anyway reconstruction of a crime scene is complete impossible
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Individual Work Week 2 Samantha Williams Criminalistics Francis Henry Galton’s contribution was the one that published “Fingerprints‚” a book that has helped lead us to the use of fingerprinting for identification. This book was published in 1892. The use of fingerprinting has helped the forensics world a lot with finding those who have committed a crime or even the victim‚ if unknown. “The Father of Forensic Toxicology‚” is Mathieu Orfila. Mathieu was the man who published the detection of poisons
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Enrique Camarena was an undercover DEA agent who served in the United States Marine Corps. On February 9‚ 1985 Camarena was abducted near the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara‚ Mexico. A little while later captain Alfred Zavala‚ a DEA informant was abducted. The abduction of these two men led to one of the largest investigations conducted by the DEA. Many suspects were arrested in the United States and Mexico. Primer Commandant Pavon-Reyes of the (MFJP) Mexican Federal Judicial Police was assigned to
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individual characteristic? Individual characteristics are properties associated with a common source to a high degree of certainty. An example of individual characteristics that forensic scientists may look for are the ridge characteristics of two fingerprint samples. 3. What is the difference between individual characteristics and class characteristics? Class characteristics are those that can only be associated with groups not just a single source 4. What are physical and chemical properties? Give
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Written communications Forensic dentistry Forensic dentistry‚ which sometimes referred to as forensic odontology‚ is an exciting and dynamic area of dentistry. Forensic dentistry was officially recognized in 1969 with the establishment of the American Society of Forensic Odontology. Where dentistry interacts with the law‚ while the names are interchangeable‚ the field of forensic dentistry is commonly recognized by the identification of human remains‚ but it involves much more‚ and can also be
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Description of the career and the position you would like to obtain. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR Criminal investigators are the minds behind investigation. They can investigate a variety of crimes. It’s a difficult and demanding occupation that requires lots of patience‚ hard work‚ and determination. They also collect forensic evidence‚ such as fibers‚ hairs‚ weapons or tissue samples‚ to determine its significance in criminal investigation. Crime scene investigators are typically forensic scientists
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“We can all see‚ but can you observe?” This is a quote by A.D. Garrett‚ the writer of the crime novel ‘Everyone Lies’ Most of you have probably heard the term “forensic science” at least once. Forensics is a very important area of science‚ mostly dealing with crime scene analyzation to figure out the basic questions of “who did it?” and “how did they do it?” I personally plan on being a forensic analyst in the future‚ so I was very excited at the prospect of writing this speech in order to do much
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CSI is a hit TV series dedicated to the application of forensic science. However‚ there is so much more to being a forensic scientist than the series shows. Forensic science is a challenging career. It is a specific occupation. It has job duties. It has advantages and disadvantages. Education and training are required to be a forensic scientist. DESCRIPTION OF A FORENSIC SCIENTIST First‚ there is a definition for a forensic scientist. There are entry requirements. Forensic scientists work in
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