Forensic toxicology

a real and tangible science that can be applied in real life. This elaborate discipline is called forensic science, and has become a large part of law enforcement and due process of criminal investigations. While many are skeptical of the true effectiveness on the relatively new science, one can see from the multiple studies and observations of experienced scientists and crime fighters that forensic science is a reliable and effective resource in…

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…

The field of forensic science seems like a captivating world. It is known that forensic scientists assist law enforcement agencies by collecting and analyzing the evidence of a crime scene. Most of the time, this is all a person knows by watching television shows, such as “NCIS.” There are many misconceptions of a forensic scientist created by television shows. Sometimes these misconceptions make forensic science look glamorous. The issue is that this is how it happens on television and in…

however, is where forensic science comes in. Forensic science has been there to help solve every crime committed. Science is the technology used to help forensic teams to analyze and solve crimes. What can look obvious to the naked eye could actually be a whole other story. Evidence can range from hair samples, to DNA, to blood, to finger prints, and many more. Over the years, forensic science has helped change law enforcement. The many different disciplines that make up forensic science have…

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 science is one aspect of law enforcement where crime-solving, technology and science meet in support of the Theory of Transfer (When two objects meet, some evidence of that meeting can be found later and verified). There was a significant instance in 1248 where a Chinese Author; His DuanYu published a book (The Washing Away of Wrongs) on how medical knowledge could be applied to solve a crime; for example, distinguishing drowning from strangulation. Fast forward, in 1784 an Englishman…

footwear that requires knowledge of the execution foot. The role of Footprint and footwear evidence is commonly there at a crime scene and must be discovered, recorded, and collected for further examination. When footprint analysis is required, the forensic foot tracker or podiatrist may act as an appendage or a primary participant in the case. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes states, “There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing…

The roots of forensic lead to the Roman era when criminal charges implied public presentation of the case in the Forum. Convicted person for a criminal offense and the applicant, argued publicly about the case, and the person with better arguments and presentation, prevails. Hence the origin of the name forensics, from the Latin word forēnsis which means “in the Forum”. Today, forensic means using full range of science to provide answers to questions of legal interest, relating to criminal or…

Our favorite serial killer is awkwardly witty and charming in a way that can’t be explained. He’s the person we all cheered for and never wanted to get caught. Dexter Morgan is forensic analyst specializing in blood splatter for the Miami Metro Police Department. He was adopted by a popular and well decorated police officer named Harry Morgan and his wife who already had a daughter named Debra Morgan. When Harry was raising Dexter, he realized that he was different from the other children. Once…

Crime Scene Investigator(CSI) go by many names including evidence technician, crime scene technicians, forensic investigator, crime scene analyst, criminalistic, and so on. A CSI is a person with a background of science. Forensic science started when individuals who developed the principles needed to identify physical evidence, and those who realized the need to merge these principles into a logical connection discipline that could be practically applied to a criminal justice system. There are…