Forensics

Forensics has been publicized by many recent TV shows like CSI, Law & Order and Bones.

This is a very large field of science and has many different unique category's

Relating to, used in, or appropriate for courts of law or for public discussion or argumentation.

Forensic Science (often shortened to forensics)

Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action.

The word forensic comes from the Latin adjective forensis, meaning "of or before the forum." In Roman times, a criminal charge meant presenting the case before a group of public individuals in the forum. Both the person accused of the crime and the accuser would give speeches based on their sides of the story. The individual with the best argument and delivery would determine the outcome of the case. This origin is the source of the two modern usages of the word forensic – as a form of legal evidence and as a category of public presentation.

In modern use, the term "forensics" in the place of "forensic science" can be considered correct as the term "forensic" is effectively a synonym for "legal" or "related to courts". However the term is now so closely associated with the scientific field that many dictionaries include the meaning that equates the word "forensics" with "forensic science".

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Inked Fingerprint and Palm print

The intentional recording of the friction ridge skin. Using black printer's ink and a fingerprint roller, the ridge characteristics of a particular individual, can be formally recorded on a standard fingerprint card.

First Fingerprints taken 1859/60 by William James Herschel (1833-1917)

There are many different areas in the field of "Forensics"

The work consists of Collect, identify, classify, and analyze physical evidence related to criminal investigations. Perform tests on weapons or substances, such as fiber, hair, and tissue to determine significance to investigation. May testify as expert witnesses on evidence or crime laboratory techniques. May serve as specialists in area of expertise, such as ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, or biochemistry.

Forensic Anthropology: the study of the human body and social relationships
Forensic Chemistry: the study of the properties of matter, including structure and interactions
Forensic Entomology: the study of bugs
Forensic Reconstruction: recreating the crime scene
Forensic Toxicology: the study of poisons
Latent Print Identification: identifying fingerprints, footprints, palmprints
Forensic Art
Business Forensics
Computer Forensics
Crime Scene Investigation
Criminalistics
Death Investigation
DNA Analysis
Environmental Forensics
Fingerprint Technology
Forensic Accounting
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Biology
Forensic Chemistry
Forensic Criminology
Forensic Dentistry
Forensic Entomology
Forensic Genetics
Forensic Linguistics
Forensic Medicine
Forensic Mental Health
Forensic Nursing
Forensic Pharmacy
Forensic Photography
Forensic Psychiatry
Forensic Psychology
Forensic Rehabilitation
Forensic Science
Forensic Science Technology
Forensic Sciences Admin
Forensic Sociology
Forensic Toxicology
Forensic Wildlife Investigation
Police Forensics

The two basic ideas scientists believe about fingerprints are:

Fingerprints never change. Small ridges form on a person's hands and feet before they are born and do not change for as long as the person lives.

No two fingerprints are alike.

The ridges on the hands and feet of all persons have three characteristics (ridge endings, birfurcations and dots) which appear in combinations that are never repeated on the hands or feet of any two persons.

A ridge ending is simply the end of a ridge (also known as an ending ridge).

A bifurcation is a Y-shaped split of one ridge into two ridges. A dot is a very short ridge that looks like a "dot."

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Inked Fingerprint and Palm print

There are many different areas in the field of "Forensics"

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