Forensic Sciences and Crime Scene Investigation

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Introduction

Forensic Sciences

Forensic Radiology

The study of Forensic radiology and the advancement of medical techniques have improved the investigation processes.

History of Forensic Science

The history of forensic science from 1950 until the present. This includes important occurrences, events, findings and people that contributed to the development of forensic science.

Between 1979 and 1981 Atlanta was frightened by violent murders of teenagers. Mathematics, in particular the theory of probability was adopted in the study of forensics.

Forensic Radiology

Explanation of the scientific changes and methodologies/theories that have led to significant changes in forensic radiology.

Examples of case studies are also included.

Critical Analysis of Forensic Radiology

Critical analysis of the successes and failures with regard to forensic radiology, within forensic science, for the second half of the 20th century into the 21st century.

Examples of case studies are also included.

Scope of Forensic Radiology

The advances in technology and the limitations of evidence, as they pertain to forensic radiology, to gain a conviction or an acquittal of a defendant.

Examples of case studies are included.

Conclusion

The study of Forensic radiology and the advancement of medical techniques have improved the investigation processes.

Forensic radiology serves a purpose of precision and convenience for police, coroners, medical examiners and forensic radiologists.

We can complement the work of the physician or forensic pathologist in deriving conclusions in cases of death investigations and providing a crucial support to the society and justice.

Forensic Sciences and Crime Scene Investigation

Introduction

The study of Forensic radiology and the advancement of medical techniques have improved the investigation processes.

Forensic science is the broad name given to the specialized tools used by law enforcement investigators to solve crime. Although forensics is most commonly thought to aid investigators in cases of assault, rape, and homicides, they are used in white-collar crime as well. Students of forensic science may disagree about its origins, but most agree that in the modern era forensics began in the late nineteenth century.

Forensic techniques include fingerprinting, blood typing, genetic profiling, hair and fiber analysis, graphology, toxicology, chemistry, and deontology (the study of teeth). Although it is not considered to be a forensic tool per se, psychological profiling is an important new means, especially in the apprehension of serial killers. Designed by agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), psychological profiling defines behavioral patterns which distinguish one criminal from another. In this paper I will be focusing on a singular field of forensic science. The field that I have chosen for this paper is forensic radiology.

History of Forensic Science

The modern history of forensic science starts with the sophisticated chemical tests in the 1950s. From the first steps of Marsh, tests to detect poisons or drugs have been terribly sophisticated: gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography or gel filtration, mass spectrometers ... Today, with immunoassay techniques, based on the development of antibodies that react with target substances can detect minute quantities. Another example of modern sophistication is in reference to explosives. Explosives generally are divided ...