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increased funding for forensics. The funds allow labs to produce results faster for legal proceedings. Third, there is increased interest in forensic evidence by jurors. Lastly, in some instances, crime victims have actually led investigators back to the scene to show them the best place to maybe retrieve DNA or fingerprints (2010). Although interesting, Wise’s argument is nothing more than anecdotal and is not backed up by empirical research. It seems almost as though she has a flaw in logic.…

attended the Saginaw Career Complex for one year for the medical program. When I was attending the Saginaw Career Complex I walked in my Anatomy teacher’s classroom to talk to her. When I walked in she was setting up a crime scene for the criminal program they had there. The scene she set up was awesome and it made me want to attend the class. I told my teacher I was going to come back my senior year to take her forensic class she taught there, but I never went back to the career complex. Now I…

Crime scene investigators (CSI) is an investigator, that is in charge of the crime scene cases. The crime scene investigator responsibility is to properly document the scene and identify, process and collect physical evidence. Their expertise is in photography, sketching, processing latent and patent evidence, which includes fingerprints, footwear impressions, trace, hair & fibers, biological fluid, such as DNA and blood spatter pattern analysis. Police officers, or law enforcement,…

the crime scene, would first be to secure the scene. I would make sure all the evidence of the body, any article of clothing, shell castings, weapons of guns or other evidence that is at this scene, is secure and in its natural state. Then I would evaluate the crime scene conditions. Since this crime scene is outside, I would evaluate the available light and weather conditions and I would adjust the camera setting to the appropriately. No single camera setting will work for this crime scene,…

Unsafe Situation Every crime scene is different and the crime scene investigator should always be prepared for different scenarios that might arise at a scene. If the crime scene investigator fails to examine each crime scene properly it could harm the investigation as well as make it difficult to identify and convict the perpetrator. Some crime scenes might have unsafe situations like the crime scene that was found on Mother’s Day, 2001. A body of a male that seems to be around his 40’s, was…

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is a professional website that was founded in 1948. The purpose of this American Academy of Forensic Sciences community is to provide information towards leadership of science, and the knowledge about the legal system. This community was developed to inform and educated everyone about their knowledge about this program, and to help them gather information on that specific subject of forensic science. It is searching for people that will join their…

presentation that I was most enthusiastic about because this was the presentation that I had helped with and, I have always been interesting in crime scene investigation information and processes. Flagg put together a very informative presentation and had everyone in the room interested in what he was talking about. He explained the processes of crime scene investigation, such as, photographing, evidence collection, which included fingerprint lifting, DNA collection, cleanup and other elements.…

Forensic Science Forensic science is the study of criminal justice. They study the reasoning behind crimes, such as what causes them to do it and when they did it. In forensics they learn how to analyze blood and DNA, today's technology it helps a lot to solve crimes. Evidence in forensics can vary from hair, blood, weapons, fingerprints and any other DNA. There are several parts in the forensic science field that interest me. Three of those fields are forensic psychology, forensic pathology…

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…

Looking back upon all of the years I’ve heard people call out my name, I have definitely had mixed feelings about it. Ellie Rose Cuneio. I’ve never despised my name, but I have learned to love it. Just like, to me at least, months have different colors, I feel like names have the same effect. However, I feel like those things change when people assign me nicknames. Every nickname has a different perception. Even though these feelings have evolved throughout my life, as well as me gaining new…