Forensics

University of Southern Mississippi as a Forensic Science major with a concentration in Biological Science. A strong background in chemistry and instrumental analysis and a good grounding in criminalistics are vital. An undergraduate degree in forensic science or a natural science is required for work in crime laboratories, with extensive coursework in mathematics, chemistry, and biology. Forensic Science is a wide field that includes various parts of science. Forensic scientists might be…

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…

When judging the innocence of those accused during a criminal justice trial, do you focus on the forensic science aspects of the hearing? Do you understand what the forensic expert is dictating, or do you simply nod along as they explain what they believe the evidence signifies? Used with the intention to correlate criminal investigations and scientific techniques, forensics became a division of science that specializes in analyzing criminal cases. It has a wide range of disciplines, expanding…

1. The individuals I believe that ought to be interviewed for this investigation are Mr. McBride, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. McBride’s co-workers, and the forensic expert(s) who examined the evidence. Mr. McBride is innocent till proving guilty of taking “Product X” from Greenwood and his statement should be gathered accordingly. Mr. Jenkins statement would also need to be gathered to collect information as to how he came to believe Mr. McBride potentially stole the information and what the consequences…

it gives sexual predators an opportunity to seek out child victims online. Computer forensics is the preservation, acquisition, extraction, analysis, and interpretation of computer data. The ultimate goal of computer forensics is to identify, collect, preserve, and analyze the data that has been collected to use in a legal case. A lot of devices are capable of storing…

A Computer Forensics Investigator/Examiner is someone who analyzes computers and other digital devices to assist with police investigations. They help the police with computer based and cyber and non-cybercrimes. They are able to gather, recover, and locate evidence for electronic devices that may have been deleted or is hidden from plain sight. They work on identity theft, electronic fraud, and other scams. There are no educational requirements necessary to become a Computer Forensics…

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…

Physical Evidence One of the main types of physical evidence is that of our fingerprints. We carry around our own unique maps of swirls and ridges on our fingertips, thus enabling judges and juries to use fingerprints in deciding our innocence and guilt in a court of law (Sealey, 2016). Fingerprints are the most incriminating type of evidence that can be used in a criminal case. Fingerprints are one of the most reliable forms of identification, because no two people have the same…

just some of the many wonders that come along with forensic science. The tasks of a forensic scientist are not always noticed, but they play a major role in uncovering the truth. A forensic scientist must be educated enough to determine the relevancy of facts and items in an investigation (“What’s...Scientist”). A scientist in this field can specialize in multiple subjects including biology, chemistry, firearms, pharmacology, and toxicology (“Forensics”).This field of investigation is the most…

“On television and in the movies, forensic scientists interrogate witnesses, search crime scenes, and sometimes aided only by a microscope, uncover the one piece of evidence that can break a case wide open,” however, that is nowhere near the reality of forensic science (Williams 1). Forensic scientists often spend long days in the crime lab testing samples they can also frequently encounter unpleasant working conditions and face misconceptions from both the public and law enforcement…