Dr. P.C.H. Brouardel once said ¨If the law has made you a witness, remain a man of science. You have no victim to avenge, no guilty or innocent person to convict or save - you must bear testimony within - the limits of science¨ (¨American Academy of Forensic Science¨). Forensic scientists examine and analyzes the evidence that the police and other officials have collected from the crime scene. They do that to figure out what happened to the victim, how it happened and who did it, to the victim. Ever heard of Sherlock Holmes? He was a fictional character that was a private detective. He came out in the 1800s. He was known for using forensic science, but during that time they didn 't have many forensic science techniques. That 's why a large
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Those shows are what draws everyone 's attention to forensics. The TV series show how fast they get things done , they just make things look easy and how nice they dress going to crime scenes. What many people don 't know about forensic science it 's not as easy and quick and pretty in the real world as it seems on TV. In the real world you cannot solve crimes in sixty minutes, it takes a day, weeks, months and sometimes even years (¨Careers in Focus: Forensics¨). On TV shows you see the forensic scientist stick every fingerprint in a computer to figure out whose fingerprint it is and the computer figures it out. In reality the forensic scientist has to look at every detail of the fingerprint. Looking at the details of the fingerprint they have to find the classification of it. They do that because they say computers can make mistakes. They also have to wear certain clothes to be around the crime scene so nothing will get contaminated. In the real world, it 's not that easy and …show more content…
Yet, technological and scientific advances that help one area often another (¨Forensics: Solving the crime¨). Forensic scientists work in laboratories, crime scenes, in offices, universities, government, police department, and morgues (¨Forensic science¨). In the labs they perform chemical, biological and microscopic analyses on evidence from crime scene consults with expert fields like toxicologists, pathologists, then reconstruct the crime scene (¨Forensic Science Technicians¨). The fields you see or hear about the most are fingerprint analysts, DNA analysts, and pathologists. DNA analysts test all types of DNA to see if it matches to any criminals that are in the system and it does not match to any one in the system, they have unidentified DNA. There was a case I watched in my forensics class and I learned that two people can have the same exacted DNA. Identical Twins can have the exactly the same DNA. Fingerprint analysts classify fingerprints to find criminals. They classify fingerprints by looking to see if the prints are looped, arch, or a whorl. They figure that out and they try to see if it matches to anyone who has already committed a crime in their national fingerprint file and if they do not find it in the system, they have an unidentified fingerprint. No one in the world has the same fingerprints.
Those shows are what draws everyone 's attention to forensics. The TV series show how fast they get things done , they just make things look easy and how nice they dress going to crime scenes. What many people don 't know about forensic science it 's not as easy and quick and pretty in the real world as it seems on TV. In the real world you cannot solve crimes in sixty minutes, it takes a day, weeks, months and sometimes even years (¨Careers in Focus: Forensics¨). On TV shows you see the forensic scientist stick every fingerprint in a computer to figure out whose fingerprint it is and the computer figures it out. In reality the forensic scientist has to look at every detail of the fingerprint. Looking at the details of the fingerprint they have to find the classification of it. They do that because they say computers can make mistakes. They also have to wear certain clothes to be around the crime scene so nothing will get contaminated. In the real world, it 's not that easy and …show more content…
Yet, technological and scientific advances that help one area often another (¨Forensics: Solving the crime¨). Forensic scientists work in laboratories, crime scenes, in offices, universities, government, police department, and morgues (¨Forensic science¨). In the labs they perform chemical, biological and microscopic analyses on evidence from crime scene consults with expert fields like toxicologists, pathologists, then reconstruct the crime scene (¨Forensic Science Technicians¨). The fields you see or hear about the most are fingerprint analysts, DNA analysts, and pathologists. DNA analysts test all types of DNA to see if it matches to any criminals that are in the system and it does not match to any one in the system, they have unidentified DNA. There was a case I watched in my forensics class and I learned that two people can have the same exacted DNA. Identical Twins can have the exactly the same DNA. Fingerprint analysts classify fingerprints to find criminals. They classify fingerprints by looking to see if the prints are looped, arch, or a whorl. They figure that out and they try to see if it matches to anyone who has already committed a crime in their national fingerprint file and if they do not find it in the system, they have an unidentified fingerprint. No one in the world has the same fingerprints.