Forensic profiling

outgoing or if they are quite and withdrawn. If the crime was committed by more than one person they can determine which of them is dominate unsub and which one does as the other wishes. With forensic psychology is a crossroad between psychology and the criminal justice system. Since DNA testing, criminal forensics have come a long…

.1. Introduction: Forensic Science: Forensic may be defined as the Application of Science to law. This is the application of Scientific methods to decide questions arising from crime or litigation. In forensic science, the DNA properties are used in investigation to include a suspect or exclude a suspect from a criminal case like rape, assault even from small drops of semen, blood, or small pieces of hair, nails, etc. In forensic analysis certain regions of DNA are analyzed and respective…

PhD in Forensic Science Summary: This article provides information about the PhD in Forensic Science. Forensic science is an advanced degree that works with law enforcement to secure firm prosecutions. Forensic scientist work with evidence and use advanced scientific methods to analyze and determine information from that evidence. Forensic science is science in the service of the law. Common techniques used by forensic scientists are: • DNA profiling • Ballistics • Fingerprint analysis •…

Forensic evidence is evidence obtained using scientific methods including but not limited to, ballistics, blood analysis, and DNA testing. This evidence is extremely important and is used to establish the guilt or innocence of suspects. There are so many tiny parts that go into solving a case. When one thing during an investigation is done wrong, or not found a case can go unsolved very easily. Without the right amount of evidence it is hard to convict a suspect of the crime in question.…

With the onset of television shows like CSI and NCIS, people have their own views of how the Criminal Justice System uses and obtains forensic evidence. One of the main issues with the media influence today is how people assume that forensics in the real world is exactly like the shows that portray it. “If people’s reactions to crime and criminals are generally shaped by the mass media, then it seems reasonable to assume that public reactions to criminal cases are shaped by shows like CSI”…

movements, future offenses, or the possible victims that he may focus his attention on. To illustrate, we must look at notorious serial killer to fully diagnose the topic. Zodiac killer is one of the most famous in investigative psychology as a profiling tool, due to how he commit his crimes. Three factors to look at his motive, the development of the criminal or evolution of his character, and post-offense behavior to explain why his crimes stopped. The Zodiac Killer was mostly likely born…

The work in this lab can contribute to a person being imprisoned or freed so we take great care with this responsibility. There has been many forensic experts without an actual background in forensics. This is due partly to there being no national stands that are required to be a forensic expert in the United States. One of the ways to become a forensic expert is to be Certified…

Introduction To a forensic investigation blood is of unparalleled importance, it has multiple functions in a forensic investigation; The book criminal investigation (Christine Hess Orthmann, Kären Hess, 2012) states “blood assists in establishing that a crime was committed, in re-creating the movements of a suspect or victim and in eliminating suspects”. During a crime, more commonly violent ones, blood leaves recorded history of the events that have occurred to this end It has been said in…

Contamination of Biological Evidence DNA can be transferred to evidence directly or indirectly. This exchange of information between objects is based on the Locard Exchange Principle. The Locard Exchange Principle states that information is exchanged whenever two items come into contact with each other (Houck and Siegel 54). The direct transfer of DNA can be described as DNA that is “transferred from a source to a location with no intermediaries” (Houck and Siegel 55). The indirect transfer of…

The advancement of forensic science has progressed immensely since its conception. The contributions it has made for the legal system are immense. One such example are its techniques used to extract DNA during forensic cases. DNA is considered to be one of the most well regarded and highly assessed sources of information (Gershaw et al., 2010). Another important development used during investigations is CODIS or the Combined DNA Index System. This is a computer database funded by the Federal…