Forensic identification

How I would photograph 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…

Forensic Scientist helps investigate crimes by collecting and analyzing crime scene evidence (Occupational Outlook Handbook). The scientist can have a focus of the crime scene or laboratory work. Forensic scientist needs some knowledge in writing for the lab reports needed after an investigation. This work environment interested me as a begin high school being in a program from the Chattanooga Police Department. In the program, we learned the lifestyle of the officers and everyday scenarios they…

Bloodstains can be key evidence to a crime because the patterns can be as unique as finger prints by giving direction, height and angel of the blood spatter. Since no one in the world has the same DNA you could figure out exactly who the blood came from and if you know where the killer or victim was you could triangulate the position of the crime. It also can give you a time frame for the crime by the way the blood coagulates and dries. There are three types of bloodstains passive stains,…

courtroom. Through each step of the process: labeling, collecting, preserving, transferring, and analyzing,each piece of evidence, including locations and all those involved in handling the materials are systematically logged. This is important for forensic anthropologist and archaeologist because not only does it keep material evidence extremely organized but if done efficiently, if for any reason the evidence needs to be reexamined or the site revisited, because of scrupulous documenting,…

When it comes to criminal trials, there are many important pieces of evidence. Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation by Andrea Campbell, explains that forensic evidence uses sources such as fingerprints, hair particles, and mainly hard evidence. The story also explains that there are a couple downfalls when using this evidence. One main downfall falls heavily on the investigators who handle the substances. Even though they’ve collected hard, substantial, evidence, it is hard for…

Tessa Jones Professor Pericone M.S. Human Anatomy & Physiology I – BIOL 130-03 20 November 2017 The Stiff Truth About Rigor Mortis Growing up, I have always been intrigued by murder mysteries. My favorite shows consisted of Criminal Minds, CSI, and NCIS. From watching these shows episode after episode, I have become familiarized with the term “Rigor Mortis”. Rigor Mortis is referred to as the third stage of death, where the muscles in the body contract leaving the body “stiff” for a period of…

Forensic Science has become a very popularized topic due to television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Forensic Science is when professionals use scientific means to analyze physical crime evidence. However, forensic science has been a part of every process to solving a case and its been around for a long time so many of the old techniques are still used today. Over the years, forensic science has helped reform law enforcement. The top five colleges that offer forensic science as a…

Isotopes in forensic science Forensic scientist face a lot of difficulties while trying to voice what our bodies say about our death. One of the difficulties that they face is that often doctors and pathologists say ‘I’ve seen this before. The person died … years/month/weeks ago’. If this happens then the whole crime investigation can go the wrong way because knowing when the person died is a key information the investigator should know because if the investigator interrogate a suspect and the…

On this website, you can find out how to become a better Forensics Investigator. You can read the paragraphs to find out how to further your skills by learning about strengthening your brain and how it processes things and how crime scenes are best secured and photographed. Scroll down even further, and find out how to collect certain types of evidence with our Forensics Videos! One of the keys to becoming a better forensics investigator is to train your mind to better organize your new…

I stated in assignment one, that crime scene investigations has many interesting classifications that explain the concepts and standards of what it takes to be a crime scene investigator, and now that I am finishing this course I can say that I have learned important concepts that gives me the knowledge of what is needed to study and reconstruct a crime scene. For example on the importance of reconstructing a crime scene because it can show an investigator what happened, if a death was a…