Fingerprint

Case Study of Motive: Season 2, Episode 4 Kai Mizuno Motive, a crime show with a unique twist. At the beginning of every episode, the viewer is shown who the killer and victim are. The episode goes on to show detectives trying to solve the crime, while also showing scenes from the past to allow the viewer to decipher what the killer’s motive was. This unique twist of presenting crime also allows viewers to see different angles of how forensics play into solving crimes. Forensic tests performed…

Their gear on the other hand is expensive and advance. A mass spectrometer cost about $85,000. A computer to handle this information from all the lab equipment is about $600. A finger print development chamber, uses gases to develop a fingerprint, this can cost up to $5,000. The last important piece of lab equipment is a microscope, it costs $600 dollars. All the different pieces of equipment can’t be used by anyone it requires many different…

The tragedy that transpired on December 25, 1996 was one of the most horrific events pertaining to a minor. A beautiful little girl was beaten, sexually assaulted, and murdered in her Denver, Colorado. There are so many key factors that are associated with this case that were omitted. Mary Lacy who was the District Attorney assigned to the case, issued a statement that JonBenet Ramsey was murdered in her place of residency. Yet, the ransom note stated that she was kidnapped and that she would be…

There are many different methods for developing latent fingerprints. Some work better on non-porous surfaces, while others work best developing prints on porous surfaces. Some are destructive preventing testing the object for other forensic evidence while others are non-destructive. In order to make prints visible on porous surfaces, forensic scientists use one of three methods; Silver Nitrate, Ninhydrin and Iodine fuming. These three methods are known to be the most effective ways for…

I am a forensic anthropologist whose name is Kareem. I have been working in this field for 24 years. My job is to use my knowledge of the human skeleton to decipher and demystify clues from the decedent’s bones in order to identify the deceased. Additionally, in Harvard I earned my professional degree which took me 10 years. I studied forensic anthropology because I have always wanted to be a forensic anthropologist since I was seven years old. I have identified forty nine decedent’s identity.…

People vs. Jennings What happens when someone’s fingerprints are found at a crime scene? Thomas Jennings, a black man, was accused of murdering Clarence Hiller in Chicago, Illinois in 1910, when his fingerprints were found at the scene of the crime. The Thomas Jennings Trial was an important trial because it changed what evidence can be used it court, by challenging and redefining American values such as what is used to convict criminals, fingerprints being allowed in court, and how minority…

they want to do for a career. In this essay I will be discussing an occupation, its major, important things that go with it, and also other jobs that you can choose within that major. In 1896 Sir Edward Richard Henry found a system to classify fingerprints. In 1897 DNA could be used to find or eliminate suspects from the case. Berkeley began an academic department for criminalistics and criminology and in the 1930’s more colleges began to offer criminalistics degrees. Criminalists tasks…

involved in law enforcement since 1992. He has been in many positions ranging from undercover narcotics to his current position, detective lieutenant. Between his knowledge and experience he touched on subjects like crime scene procedures, DNA, fingerprints, evidence, analyzing evidence, labs, forensics and other interesting cases he had worked on in the past. Forensic is…

Contextual information unknowingly affects how opinions and perceptions are made; because it is human nature to associate information with future perceptions, as a way to achieve a sense of security and predictability (Houck & Siegel, 2015). According to Dror et al (2006), contextual information is defined as, information that provides an understanding of the context of an event or issue. In forensic investigations, contextual information affects most areas of forensic science, from blood…

decommissioned the 15-year-old Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) and, in turn, deployed the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system” (Adams 171). As this…