Oliver Wendell Holmes

Equivocation, or “playing double” is one of the most intricate and effective devices in any author’s toolkit, as effective use of it can completely change an audience’s perspective on the story and can flip the entire direction of the plot. Many authors, playwrights, and movie directors have attempted to use this tricky device, but few can truly master it. Throughout our Seventh grade year in English class, students have analyzed and enjoyed literature by some of the most successful and famous…

The term "forensic" means "in open court"(vocabulary.com). Forensics is a broad array of sciences used for both legal and criminal purposes. Help to solve crimes using analysis of physical evidence compared with evidence with suspects. A Forensic science technician or also known as, forensic scientist, crime scene investigator, or Criminalist, is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and preserving physical evidence to aid in investigations. The contributions they make to today's world can seem…

Crime scene investigators “CSIs” go by many names including evidence technician, crime scene technician, forensic investigator, crime scene analyst, criminalistics officer and more. In the past most CSIs were trained police officers. In fact most still work out of police stations today. While CSI professionals collect and preserve evidence from active crime scenes. Forensic lab professionals decipher their findings through DNA testing and other forensic analysis. Crime scene investigators and…

Aims The aim of this practical was to determine the presence of blood on multiple piece of clothing for further analysis by using various preliminary tests and to see the rate and duration of chemiluminesence of the Phadebas paper test. 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…

Reigning WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin appears to be moving on from the name-calling and thrash talking with super middleweight champ Andre Ward as he had chosen to fight current IBF middleweight titlist David Lemieux for a unification bout at the Madison Square Garden in New York on October 17. ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported that the match is official and would put on the line the belts of the two greatest middleweight fighters right now. Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs), who is also…

Tuesday, September 20th Detective Lieutenant Darin Hunter came to talk to the Biology 2 class at Gladstone High School. Equipped with a strong Powerpoint, evidence from crime scenes and an abundance of knowledge, he was ready to amaze the class. He started by explaining he was here to talk about his job and the forensic side of the police department. Mr. Hunter has been involved in law enforcement since 1992. He has been in many positions ranging from undercover narcotics to his current position…

Much to his own surprise, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became one of the most famed authors in the field of crime fiction after the creation of British private detective Sherlock Holmes and his associate Dr. John Watson. Even though the novels and short stories were published during the late 1800’s, people today still consider Holmes the most well-known detective of all time. The dynamic duo’s profound effect on society has led to thousands of adaptions of the mysteries on stage, television, movies,…

There is a saying about how dead men tell no tales, because their dead, right? Well the author of the articles “Dead Men Talking: Solving Crime Through Science” and “Giving Faces to the Lost” would disagree with the saying. Even though dead men can’t talk physically they can tell the story of their deaths through their bones. Of course they need a little help from forensic anthropologists. Forensic anthropologists are people that examine human remains to find the identity of unknown people and…

brilliant boy in A levels math, and wants to pursue his dreams as a astronaut. As the story progresses, Christopher find his neighbor dog, named wellington, dead with a pitch fork impaled in its neck. He turns to his favorite logical character, Sherlock Holmes, to track down the serial killer in his written journal, which is an idea he…

the two that have made the most impact in the genre are Edgar Allen Poe’s C. Auguste Dupin and Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Although they were written years apart, Holmes and Dupin have as much in common, such as skills, qualities and results, as they have differences. This essay will focus on comparing and contrasting these two detectives. First, Dupin and Holmes have certain methods, qualities and skills in common. Second, the successes and failures of the two detectives reveal bits…