Computational forensics

this evidence at a criminal trial under South Australian law?” Blood. Sticky, hot, messy, awful blood. For most of us, the sight of it turns the stomach, but in the court of law, blood can tell a lot more about a crime scene than you might think. Forensic bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is the interpretation of bloodstains for the purpose of reconstructing the events that took place in the case of violent crimes.1 Using the sciences of fluid dynamics and trigonometry, BPA examiners form…

During the course of my 19 years as a police officer, I have had to testify as an expert in court regarding certain evidence involving shooting incidents. I am also certified as a range master for my police department where a large part of my responsibilities consist of understanding how various types of firearms work, the types of ammunition they use, and the mechanics of how the two work together in regards to the impact area they are targeting. One of the things I have yet to deal with in…

more are solve every year using forensic anthropology, some for the FBI or CIA and other solving mass murders around the world. There various cases, in very different situations. There was a case about a man that had died in a fire and was buried without an autopsy, years later, evidence was found leading to something different and when they exam the body, the bones gave the answers they were looking for, that the man was murdered and the fire was a cover-up. Forensic Anthropology work I think…

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…

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;…

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…

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…

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…

the answer to that question is, yes! Facial reconstruction is not a new avenue of identification, but is continually adapting to be more useful in the forensic community. The documentary, The Mad Trapper tells the story of a Canadian mystery where an unidentified criminal is exhumed in attempts to attain an actual identification using new forensic techniques. This essay will provide an explanation of basis of facial reconstruction, outlining the major categories of reconstruction and the…

In scenario you determine different parts of Forensic Science such as Entomology, Odontology, Anthropology, Pathology, and the Microbiology methods to complete the crime investigation. In the test center, forensic biologists scrutinize this proof using microscopes as well as additional machinery. Introduction Forensic Biologist are used in crime scenes to determine the outcome of scene. They also use Forensic Entomology, Odontology, Anthropology, Pathology, and microbiology…