H. H. Holmes

Forensic Analysis: Art or Science? Forensic analysis (often referred to as forensic science) is the application of science to legal matters and crime solving chemistry. There are many issues regarding this “science,” such as whether it is a “science” at all. Forensic analysis is more of an art than a science. There are many scientific methods and procedures involved with forensic analysis, but with the somewhat large possibility of human error affecting the results, and considering the…

The interest in forensic science started when I was in middle school. Originally when my father constantly had crime shows on t.v., I was annoyed and uninterested in the shows. After a while though I decided to just watch the show, and the more I did that, the more I enjoyed the shows. My favorite at the time was the show NCIS. The specific person that got me interested in forensic science was Abby Sciuto from the same show, NCIS. To be a forensic scientist, you need to have a skill set…

Sherlock Holmes: The creation of Victorian Age The Victorian Age was undoubtedly the glorious period in English history. The age has been credited for producing new opportunities and tendencies not only in the fields of trade and commerce but also in the fields of literature. Apart from classical writing, there was a rise in novels and short stories which featured fantastical stories. Those stories had larger than life characters and one of them was Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes, the…

In my perspective forensic scientist is a really interesting and gross job. My expectations if I ever decide to work as being a forensic scientist is to always be working with dead body’s and be around blood. According to criminaljusticeusa.com “ Forensic scientist help solve crimes by collecting and analyzing physical evidence and other facts found at the scene. They specifically analyze fingerprints, blood, semen, firearms, saliva, and may also reconstruct skeletal bones. In addition,…

Case Study of Motive: Season 2, Episode 4 Kai Mizuno Motive, a crime show with a unique twist. At the beginning of every episode, the viewer is shown who the killer and victim are. The episode goes on to show detectives trying to solve the crime, while also showing scenes from the past to allow the viewer to decipher what the killer’s motive was. This unique twist of presenting crime also allows viewers to see different angles of how forensics play into solving crimes. Forensic tests performed…

the end of the world when you forget some detail about a story because you can just add something to spice your story up a little, but know what to add/take out of a story to keep their attention because no one likes a boring story. Doyle added Mr. Holmes to the mix of things in his first short story “A Scandal in…

Forensic Science was never something I saw myself loving, let alone wanting to do as a career. It wasn’t even a thing to me until my senior year of high school. I’ve always wanted to be a music teacher because I love music and the ways it can change people, but that all changed in the middle of my senior year when I fell in love with Forensics. I want to be a Forensic Scientist because I want to change people’s lives and the way the world looks at science when it comes to investigating and…

Holmes Breaking the Law?! In the story “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton” (1904) by Sir Arthur Canon Doyle, the author shows us that Sherlock Holmes breaks the law for the sake of helping and protecting the upper class people, leaving the lower class people behind and using them to get threw the case he’s dealing with. We can all agree that he’s wrong but at the same time its smart of the way he does it. Holmes breaks the law by tricking Milvertons’ maid in order to get information…

Fingerprints have been widely used throughout the world as means of identification for forensic purposes. Forensic experts have extensively relied on premises that fingerprint characteristics are highly discriminatory and immutable amongst the general population (Haber and Haber, 2008). Fingerprint formation is induced by the stresses and strains experienced by the fetus in utero, which are random and infinite, it is likely that they subsequently produce a random, infinite variety of friction…

Hound of the Baskervilles book vs. movie Directly from 221B Baker Street in London, England comes Sherlock Homes, a world famous detective who, with his partner Dr. John Watson, tackles many mystery cases. One case the duo tackles is The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and became so popular, a film directed by David Attwood appeared in 2002 under the same name. . The two works of art tell the same exact story, but the movie differs vastly in the plot,…