Forensic profiling

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…

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…

Forensic Toxicology: Arsenic Poison Glenda Cabrera George Mason University Abstract This paper will focus forensic toxicology. Starting off with the meaning of the two words; followed by the father of toxicology. This paper will more specifically focus on the effects that arsenic poison has on the human body. Also how often time it is confused with just being a common illness like food poison. But the most important is how it is undetectable until it’s too late and the body is undergoing…

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…

Computer forensics – Code of Ethics and Morals Introduction Computerized crime scene investigation, otherwise called PC and system legal sciences, as numerous definitions. Most generally, it is viewed as the use of science to the recognizable proof, accumulation, examination, and investigation of information while saving the respectability of the data and keeping up a strict chain of care for the information. Personal computer and legal sciences is the act of distinguishing, separating and…

Holmes/Scarpetta Project- The Valley of Fear What discipline was involved? Digital Forensics (cryptology)- The process of encrypting messages and examining digital media forensically to find, analyze, and present facts and opinions. What was the equipment used? The ciphers represent the pages of previous editions of Whitaker's Almanack. The first number represented the page number in the Almanac. The second number, C2, was the column number on the page in the book. The numbers that…

the trace and transfer evidence may be viable for matching depending on the care taken by evidence collection personnel, as well as forensic technicians, and if there is a match in the database. Some matches could be made years later when new fingerprints or DNA are entered into the database for comparison. DNA is the most trusted evidence in forensic history. Forensic serologists study chromosomes in the blood, saliva, or sweat that differ from each individual and can convict suspects and…