Forensic Science

FORENSIC SCIENCE : 

FORENSIC SCIENCE Submitted by S. Santosh Roy 09SME12

INTRODUCTION : 

INTRODUCTION Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) 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. Besides its relevance to a legal system, more generally forensics encompasses the accepted scholarly or scientific methodology and norms under which the facts regarding an event, or an artifact, or some other physical item (such as a corpse) are ascertained as being the case. In that regard the concept is related to the notion of authentication, whereby an interest outside of a legal form exists in determining whether an object is what it purports to be, or is alleged as being.

SUB DIVISIONS : 

SUB DIVISIONS FORENSIC PATHOLOGY FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY FORENSIC LINGUISTICS FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY

FORENSIC PATHOLOGY : 

FORENSIC PATHOLOGY Pathology is a medical specialty concerned with the study of disease. The main way pathologists study disease is by conducting an autopsy i.e. a comprehensive surgical examination of the deceased.

FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY : 

FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY Forensic toxicology encompasses the measurement of alcohol, drugs and other toxic substances in biological specimens and interpretation of such results in a medicolegal context.

FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY : 

FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process. The identification of skeletal, badly decomposed, or otherwise unidentified human remains is important for both legal and humanitarian reasons.

FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY : 

FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY Identification of unknown human remains through dental records. Assisting at the scene of a mass disaster. Age estimations of both living and deceased persons. Analysis of bite marks found on victims of attack. ID of bite marks in other substances e.g. wood, leather and foodstuffs. Analysis of weapon marks using the principles of bite mark analysis. Presentation of bite and weapon mark evidence in court. Building a picture of lifestyle and diet at an archaeological site

FORENSIC LINGUISTICS : 

FORENSIC LINGUISTICS Forensic linguistics applies the theories, constructs and analytical methods of linguistics to questions which arise in civil, criminal and security investigations and adjudication.

FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY : 

FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY Forensic Entomology, or Medicocriminal Entomology, is the science of using insect evidence to uncover circumstances of interest to the law, often related to a crime. As an example, they point to time of death, which can be established using insect evidence gathered from and around a corpse.

ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS : 

ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS Environmental forensics is a combination of analytical and environmental chemistry, which is useful in the court room context. It therefore involves field analytical studies and both data interpretation and modelling connected with the attribution of pollution events to their causes."

FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY : 

FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY Forensic photography (also known as forensic imaging or crime scene photography) relates to photography that is undertaken within a legal context, for example; providing an accurate visual record of an accident or crime scene.

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