Forensic science is the application of science to both criminal and civil laws. Those who work in this field are called forensic scientists. Forensic scientists collect‚ preserve‚ and analyze scientific evidence during the course of an investigation. Some forensic scientists travel to collect physical evidence while others work in laboratories to analyze the evidence. There are ten different forensic units and departments that have different purposes and different roles. These units and departments
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BAM 521 –Business Law Unit Two – Question # 3 3/16/2012 Question #3: Why are quasi-contracts needed? Why is it not better to just say that unless parties express or impliedly make a contract‚ there is no deal? The term quasi-contract is a more accurate designation of contracts implied in law. Implied contracts are as binding as express contracts. An implied contract depends on substance for its existence. Therefore‚ for an implied contract to arise‚ there must be some act or conduct of a
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What would you do if you were a forensic nurse called in the middle of the night to a police station to treat the hand of a person that is a suspect of serious assault‚ and when you question him on his injuries he tells you that he got them by punching the person that raped him? Is this man a victim of abuse or a suspect of serious assault? Ethical dilemmas such as this one are a common occurrence that‚ unfortunately‚ forensic nurses face in their everyday work. Although there are a vast number
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A. Interrogations‚ Confessions‚ and Non-testimonial Evidence 1. The Exclusionary Rule: The principle based on federal Constitutional Law that evidence illegally seized by law enforcement officers in violation of a suspect’s right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures cannot be used against the suspect in a criminal prosecution. The exclusionary rule is designed to exclude evidence obtained in violation of a criminal defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. The Fourth Amendment protects
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scientist and one of the early pioneers in forensic science believed that “When a person or object comes in contact with another person or object‚ there exists a possibility that an exchange of materials will take place” (Lynch & Duval‚ 2011). This theory better known as "Locard’s Exchange Principle” is the foundation of the forensic study of trace evidence as we know it today. Trace evidence is very important in forensic investigations as this evidence includes different types of microscopic materials
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I have watched television shows such as Law and Order and Dexter that have intrigued me because of the forensic work performed in these types of shows. Especially after watching the Dexter series‚ I began to look more seriously into forensic science careers. The forensic scientist positions caught my attention because these scientists analyze such things as hair‚ blood‚ and drug samples gathered from crime scenes. This important analysis helps police officers piece together how a crime is committed
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Design Experiment to obtain Generator External Characteristics Wong Yew Chun‚ Tong Janice‚ Thomas Tan Wan Kiat‚ Gun Wei Hwa and Thiruselvan a/l Muniandy UniMAP‚ School of Mechatronics Engineering‚ Penang ‚ Malaysia. Email:yewchun46@hotmail.com UniMAP‚ School of Mechatronics Engineering‚ Johor‚ Malaysia. Email:Janice_1123@hotmail.com UniMAP‚ School of Mechatronics Engineering‚ Sarawak‚Malaysia. Email: ttanwankiat6407@live.com.my UniMAP‚ School of Mechatronics Engineering‚ Kedah‚ Malaysia. Email: weihua_90@hotmail
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quality and quantity of audit evidence to be obtained when auditing financial statements and the procedures for obtaining that audit evidence. Audit Evidence (AE) "Audit evidence" means the information obtained by the auditor which includes source documents and accounting records underlying the financial statements and corroborating1 information from other sources. The auditor should obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to be able to draw reasonable
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Forensic anthropology is the study of human skeletons. Forensic anthropology includes scientists‚ who work for the police to identify the person who died by accidental death or disasters. They investigate information by collecting and analyzing physical evidence‚ including body fluids‚ DNA‚ and blood from the crime scenes or the person’s death at the crime scene and report it to the police. Forensic scientists use many of their extraordinary skills to determine the age‚ sex‚ height and what happened
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Drug Testing in Nigeria Table of Contents Introduction 3 Background 3-4 Ethical Dilemma 4-5 Situational Analysis 5-6 Stakeholder Analysis 6-7 Analysis Based on Ethical Theories 7-8 Conclusion and Recommendations 8-9 References 10 Drug Testing in Nigeria Introduction ‘What if a drug company experimenting on critically ill children does not get the proper Parental consent‚ 11 of those children die and a whistleblower is fired?’ (Perlroth. 2008) This paper will discuss the issues
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