American Academy of Forensic Sciences

one of these key elements. Many factors can determine if the evidence submitted before a court of law is accurate such as how the evidence is collected, if proper protocell was followed before the laboratory’s handling of the evidence, and if the evidences was accurately processed by the crime scene laboratory by various forensic scientists. Furthermore, with the advances in technology in today’s society, various pieces of evidence such a DNA analysis have been considered a crucial element…

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with forensic science and I distinctly remember my brother and I running home from the bus stop every day, when we were in middle school, just so we would not miss the introductory scene of the new Criminal Minds episode. The show always began right at 3 and our bus got to the stop roughly around 2:55; just enough time to run home and turn it to the right channel. And as any fan of Criminal Minds knows, the beginning is the most captivating…

Ruth Brennan’s remains were found in an unmarked grave by grave diggers on the edge of a cemetery and placed in evidence bags by police who sent them to coroner’s office. The coroner did not find any signs of foul play and later sent the unidentified skull, personal contents, and soil samples to forensic anthropologists (Fox Film Corporation, 2006). According to Byers (2011), recovery efforts by police and untrained workers such as those applied in this case create difficulty because vital…

A forensic anthropologist is trained in the study of human skeletal biology and typically use their training to identify deceased when skeletal remains are the only useful evidence. They determine whether the skeletal remains are for a human or nonhuman. They use their training to identify the sex of the individual based on the skeletal remains found. The forensic anthropologist can estimate the time of death and the cause of death when the remains are not suitable for examination by a…

When people are murdered, there are many steps that lead to putting their body to rest. In some cases, the body must be found, and the killer must be punished for their act. However, it isn’t always simple to do this. Forensic anthropology may come into play here. A forensic anthropologist could examine the bones and find hints as to who the murderer was. A very famous anthropologist, William R. Maples, wrote an autobiography describing different cases where he did that very thing. Dead Men Do…

I chose to write my bio-sketch on Clea Koff, she is a forensic anthropologist and author who worked for the United Nations as well as for the Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the tribal for the formal Yugoslavia. She was born in 1972 in London, England to Msindo Mwinyipembe and David Koff. Her father was American and Jewish, and her mother was Tanzanian. Both of her parents were documentary filmmakers who were focused on many issues such as human rights and traveled the world for their work;…

Forensic Anthropology is not only a career based on discovering human remains but entitles many different jobs within the obligation of becoming one. Forensic Anthropologist’s are involved in cases that contain human skeletal remains, decomposed corpses or burned bodies of victims. They help to identify victims, estimate when the death occurred or recreate what happened at the time of death and after death. Some might even be requested to provide witness statements to courts in a medicolegal…

Did you know that forensic anthropologists can tell you the age, sex, gender, race and cause of death all by examining the skeletal remains of a deceased individual? Well, it’s true! Forensic Anthropology may be a field that is relatively new to the criminal justice world, but new or not, it sure does add significant value to any investigation having to do with unidentifiable remains. The world of forensic anthropology is known by few, but the community is a very well educated and close-knit…

Over the course of years Forensic Anthropology and Biology has coincided with the criminal court system, and has had the ability to help face dangerous individuals with justice and to find these individuals guilty. Forensic Biology is defined as the application of science where the process of identifying badly decomposed, skeletal, or that of unidentified human remains is done. Forensic Anthropology is defined as the application of science that involves the physical anthropology to the criminal…

The Marvelous World of Forensic Science What is Forensic Science and how did it begin? What is its preponderancy in solving crimes? These are some of the questions that some may ask when they hear the term forensic science. To understand what forensic science is let’s look at its meaning, Forensic Science is the scientific method of gathering and examining information about the past which is then used in a court of law. Which simply means when a group of scientist from different fields come…