American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Forensic Odontology is the study of dental science to legal investigations. A forensic odontologist is primarily involved in the identification of an offender by comparing dental records to bite marks that may be left on a victim or at a crime scene or identification of remains based on the dental records. They are highly experienced and are specially trained dentists. Forensic odontologists, because they are dentist spend most of their time as regular general dentist in an office or possibly…

contributor in forensic science. While studying medicine he developed an interest in law. During the First World War, Locard worked as a medical examiner with the French secret service in attempt to identify the cause and location of the soldier's death by examining the stains and damages of their uniforms. Later on, he finally convinced the Lyons Police Department to give him two attic rooms where he conducted research and discoveries that became known throughout the world by forensic…

Corrin Bothe Miss Preston Senior Capstone 13 November 2015 Forensics is the scientific study of criminal investigation of criminal cases involving a victim, such as assault, robbery, kidnapping, rape, or murder. Forensic scientist use specific tools and technology to analyze data and clues found at the crime scene. Forensics dates back to hundreds of years ago and is used to this very day. Solving a crime takes lots of time and dedication and is nothing like the things they show on television…

A vital tenet of forensic science is the exchange principle first proposed by Edmund Locard, which can be generally understood as the phrase “with contact between two items, there will be an exchange.” Every time there is a contact between individuals, environs and articles, there is an exchange of physical evidence, however small it may be. This aspect plays an indispensable role in crime scene investigations as it enables the detectives to establish links between the crime scenes, victims and…

A criminalist, sometimes referred to as a forensic science technician (FST), collects, identifies, and analyzes evidence related to criminal investigations. This evidence, which is examined both physically and chemically, can include dangerous substances, illegal drugs, blood, semen, and other bodily fluids. Some criminalists specialize in one particular area of forensic science such as ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, trace evidence, toxicology, DNA, or biochemistry. Criminalists work…

crime scene clearly stated that O.J. Simpson had been the victim. O.J. Simpson crime was a very popular case and since that crime, forensics started to use DNA fingerprint’s in their investigations. Also, DNA played a significant role after the World Trade Center attack known as 9/11. Scientist had to identity the dead bodies after the World Trade Center attack so, forensics use DNA to identify them. Even though it was over 20,000 bodies scientist had to identify and took them years. On the…

As a forensic lab technician it is your responsibility to collect and analyze evidence collected at the crime scene, they spend most of their time in a laboratory. These are the folks that are called in after the first responders reach the scene. Forensic lab technicians work for either the county, city, and state police but they can also work for government agencies or privately owned laboratories. There are many different things a lab technician can do, all depending on their skill set, level…

had an interest in science, from the start when I was first introduced to the subject during the start of primary school. It instantly became the subject I liked the most. But what drew my interest to forensic science was reading my first crime fiction novel by the author James Patterson and also a module I studied in high school in year 7 called CSI. From then on my curiosity and interest only grew so I started to watch crime fiction programmes and documentaries like Forensic Files, going on…

According to Kent-Wilkinson (2011), “forensic nursing is a nursing specialty with subspecialties that focus on nursing practice who care for victims and offenders, living and deceased at the clinical legal interface” (Kent-Wilkinson, 2011, p. 236). Providing a significant support for anti-violence efforts, forensic nurses practice in settings as diverse as the clients for whom they care; forensic nurses might treat survivors of assaults or violent accidents, investigate crime scenes, collect…

An imperative aspect in any criminal investigation is obtaining and identifying fingerprints as they are considered one of the most valuable pieces of biological evidence. Fingerprinting is a form of biometrics, which is a science that uses the physical characteristics of individuals in order to identify them (Watson, 2014). Ultimately, fingerprints consist of an arrangement of creases known as fraction ridges and they essentially comprise of pores. These pores are attached to the skins sweat or…