Computational forensics

The science of forensic medicine. Now, you may be thinking, that’s a stretch. Why would a high schooler be interested in some ambiguous branch of medicine based on the study of crime? It seems farfetched that a young kid would want to learn about that. Despite my mother’s abomination towards anything related to forensics, because of-you know-the study of crime, guns, horrific injuries, and dead people is a little shocking, I was drawn towards it after lazily reading Wikipedia articles about it.…

Forensic Pathology The term Forensic Pathology revolves around the realm of forensic science, which involves several scientific fields in process of retaining evidence, such as medicine, micro-biology , pathology, and also chemistry. Pathologists focuses on determining the cause of death by examining a corpse tissues, organs, cells, and bodily fluids. Forensic Pathology involves the works of medical examiners conducting tests and examinations through autopsies, and the evaluation of past…

Physical evidence found at a crime scene can provide crucial facts about the manner of death, the identity of a suspect or victim, and other facts about the scene. The proper identification, documentation, recovery, packaging, and transportation of evidence can be a deciding factor to allow or bar evidence from a criminal trial. Once the crime scene has been secured by first responders, the crime scene technician or investigator should take photographs, video, and sketches of the scene and…

Forensic Pathologist Quartez O. Buckley Falcon High School Robert Striebel Abstract Pathology is career needed in the forensics field, they do a variety tasks. Pathologist are a type of “specialized physicians” (Pathology Training Center). Primarily they are used to for autopsy; autopsies can only be performed by a pathologist legally. They work in hospitals, forensic labs, and or private labs. Generally they take 8-9 years of schooling. Pathologist can also be called “medical examiners”…

popular CBS crime drama, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It also combines a science and technology effect. Constant exposure to crime dramas that present a plentiful amount of scientific evidence, potentially create jury bias (Thomas, 2006). The forensic science to viewers appears factual. It is not. The legal experts are concerned that juries may be confusing fact with fiction. Prosecutors have been…

like murder, were low and therefore there was not the availability to use inductive profiling methods as much, so profilers were left to collect their information for the profile from the crime scene, witness accounts, victims (if they survived), forensics, and the autopsy if there was one (Woodworth, 2000). Woodworth and Porter (2000) point out that when criminal profiling was first used it was never meant to be used as the sole tactic for apprehending the perpetrator, but rather to assist the…

DNA fingerprinting is used in forensic science to convict or exonerate a defendant of a crime. During an investigation, crime samples are collected from a scene or from a victim that can be used for DNA testing. Samples could include hair, blood, semen, or skin. After collection, these samples are tested for their molecular characteristics because the purpose is to identify the polymorphic DNA locations of one’s genes. This is because everyone has different genetic variations and can be…

The process of a postmortem examination is to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease is called an Autopsy; it is performed by a doctor called an Autopsy Surgeon who most often than not has to cut open the body of the deceased to examine the insides of the person’s body such as organs to see if there are telling signs to lead to a cause of death such as poison in the liver or punctures in the lungs. Understanding the role the medical examiner (autopsy surgeon) plays in evaluating…

watched 48 Hours? Or Law & Order? How about Forensic Files? Well, if you have, have you ever wondered how a person died? Or why they died? And the number one question that is always on our mind is who killed them? Do you ever wonder how a scientist comes to the conclusion of what caused a person to die? Scientist who are in charge of examining the cause of death of a person are called forensic scientist. But what is forensic science, you may ask. Forensic science is the scientific method of…

or a science as well. When faced with a crime, a police investigator must figure the most appropriate way to peruse and identify the culprit from the given information (evidence.) But sometimes it’s not that easy. When there are no witnesses, or forensic evidence, they must go look for probable suspects. That is when criminal profiling comes in to play, as it creates a “biological sketch of behavioral patterns, trends, and tendencies” (Rossi, 1982) So from evidence inferences that may be made…