Although we will be focusing on the forensic sciences that typically take place in a crime laboratory‚ there are other types of forensic sciences that are specialized and focused on a particular area. In this section‚ we will briefly take a look at some of these specialty areas. Forensic Pathology/Biology Pathology is a science that deals with disease. Pathologists make use of autopsies to study the tissues and other parts of the human body for diseases. An autopsy is a dissection and examination
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Forensic Chemistry and Forensic Chemist Forensic chemistry is becoming an increasingly popular topic. It is being used quite often in the real world with police investigations‚ cases‚ and is also being magnified in television shows including Forensic Files‚ CSI‚ and Bones (What is Forensic Chemistry?). Forensic chemistry is important because without it we wouldn’t know the outcome of a crime. The forensic chemist’s job is to examine evidence given to them from a crime scene‚ when it happened‚ and
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Lab Design Research question: How does temperature affect on the rate of photosynthesis? Variables: Independent variables: temperature of water where the elodea(plant) is going to be placed Dependent variable: the amount of oxygen produced by photosynthesis reaction Control variables: Light concentration entering the beaker Length of the plant Volume of the water to be precise And of the NaHCO3 What is the variable to be controlled. Why does it need to be controlled. How will you
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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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Computer Forensic Investigative Analysis Report (CFIAR) |Incident Report Number |YYYYMMDDII## [year‚month‚day‚II‚version] | |Report Name | | |Location Category |[internal‚ external‚ internet‚ extranet‚ etc]
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Kimberly Correa Forensics Dr. Edmond Locard was a pioneer in forensic science who became known as the Sherlock Holmes of France. He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace". This became known as Locard’s exchange principle. Born on November 13 1877 in Saint-Chamond‚ France‚ Locard studied medicine and law at Lyon‚ eventually becoming the assistant of Alexandre Lacassagne‚ a criminologist and professor. He held this post until 1910‚ when
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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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important? • It was one of the first forensic cases. 2. What was Crippen accused of? Why was he accused of this crime? • Crippen was accused of killing his wife. He was accused of this crime because his wife suddenly disappeared‚ and his secretary moved in with him. 3. Why do you think people were so interested in Crippen’s case? • I think people were so interested in the Crippen case because it was one of the first forensic cases and there was a lot of doubt. The case
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Forensic Science Unit One Lab Questions Shyanne Kirby Hair Detective; 1. The crime that I am investigating in this activity is‚ of a boy band called Crucial Cuts. And while they were performing on stage‚ and intruder snuck back stage and stole all of their hair products. 2. I have five hairs that were found in the boys’ room‚ as evidence. And hairs from all of the Sassy Snips. 3. Jade stole the hair products. I know this because the DNA sample taken from the crime scene matches perfectly
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Forensic Science lecture 4 – 17/01/2013 Quiz: quiz after every 2 weeks‚ done through bb‚ posted midnight Sunday 12‚ close midnight Monday at 12. Video watched through class‚ Guest speaker: Heather Shacker – forensic biologist * biology section: identify of body fluids: blood‚ semen saliva‚ and DNA analysis * casework approach: find material‚ identify‚ analyse (DNA)‚ evaluate/compare (after able to create DNA profile)‚then lastly interpret * how does that work? 3 main groups of DNA
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