Top Research Papers on Forensic Science

Abstract The dominant conception of forensic science as a patchwork of disciplines primarily assisting the criminal justice system (defined as ‘forensics’ in this article) is in crisis, or at least shows a series of anomalies and serious limitations. While the symptoms have been largely discussed previously, we argue that many of the commonly suggested solutions may not solve the fundamental problem. As a solution, we propose the forensic science community revive the forensic science perspective from its historical roots; that is, the study of crime and its traces. This will lead to the develo...

The subject described as forensic science cannot be regarded as a homogeneous or individual discipline. It is factually a heterogeneous collection of disconnected fragments drawing on the resources of numerous and varied disciplines. These volumes, planned under the aegis of an international advisory board, are welcome inasmuch as each of the individual sections has been written or compiled by an author who can be regarded as an expert in the field about which he writes. Although differences in style and treatment may occur, the level of knowledge and expertise can be expected to be high in co...

Analytical measurement plays a critical role in modern society. 'Millions of analytical measurements are made every day in thousands of laboratories around the world. There are innumerable reasons for making these measurements, for example: as a way of valuing goods for trade purposes; supporting healthcare; checking the quality of drinking water; analyzing the elemental composition of an alloy to confirm its suitability for use in aircraft construction … Virtually every aspect of society is supported in some way by analytical measurement'. It should come as no surprise then that measurement...

It was concluded that further research focused on developing ways of using dermatoglyphic data in court and investigative practices can only be carried out on a significant empirical basis by creative teams which are made up of representatives of anthropology, doctors of various specialties, primarily, dermatologists, and criminal lawyers.

This volume toxicology is represented by chapters on lead poisoning, on the analysis of urine for the presence of drugs and on the toxicology of cyanides, which maintains the policy of the earlier volumes of presenting reviews of value and interest to forensic scientists.

The forensic science degree program provides students with an education in the use of science, mathematics, and statistics in legal proceedings in legal proceedings.

Forensic sciences provides an understanding of the integration of forensic disciplines with the investigation of criminal activity, while providing an overview of the analytical methods, procedures, equipment, and data used by forensic specialists.

The forensic science degree program provides students with an education in the use of science, mathematics, and statistics in legal proceedings in legal proceedings.

Loyola's Forensic Science program became the 17th undergraduate program in the U.S. and Canada to be accredited by FEPAC, making Loyola's program only one of 35 forensic science programs in the nation to be accredited by FEPAC.

Forensic science is often important in criminal cases, so criminal justice professionals, including lawyers and forensic scene investigators, must have a basic understanding of what is often complex science. This book explains the science underpinning forensic techniques to give those who engage with forensic science professionally, but who are not primarily scientists, a level of understanding that will enable them to use forensic science data effectively. In addition, the book places the use of forensic data in the context of criminal cases to assess the reliability and usefulness of forensi...

The United States Supreme Court has long recognized the value of scientific evidence – especially when compared to other types of evidence such as eyewitness identifications, confessions, and informant testimony. For example, in Escobedo v. Illinois, the Court observed: “We have learned the lesson of history, ancient and modern, that a system of criminal law enforcement which comes to depend on the –confession— will, in the long run, be less reliable and more subject to abuses than a system which depends on extrinsic evidence independently secured through skillful investigation.” Similarly, in...

Forensic Science Midterm Review: Locard Exchange Principle, trace evidence, Kastle-Meyer Test, Luminol Test for the presence of blood and more.

From Poe's Dupin and Doyle's Holmes to the television hitsQuincyandCSI, the public's fascination with science employed to solve crimes continues and grows. But this understanding of how science works in the forensic laboratory is filtered through the fictional worlds of books and television-how is science really used to fight crime? What techniques are used to catch criminals and free the innocent? Forensic scientists work with police, investigators, medical personnel, attorneys, and others to uphold justice, but their methods are often misunderstood, overestimated, underestimated, revered, or...

The United States Supreme Court has long recognized the value of scientific evidence - especially when compared to other types of evidence such as eyewitness identifications, confessions, and informant testimony. For example, in Escobedo v. Illinois, the Court observed: “We have learned the lesson of history, ancient and modern, that a system of criminal law enforcement which comes to depend on the ‘confession’ will, in the long run, be less reliable and more subject to abuses than a system which depends on extrinsic evidence independently secured through skillful investigation.” Similarly, in...

programmes such as Silent Witness and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the role of the forensic experts is depicted as exciting, adventurous, maybe even a bit dangerous. In real life, of course, this is several degrees away from the truth. However, as anyone who has attend a school careers evening recently can confirm, this glamorous media image is proving to be one of the primary inspirations for young people to seek out more information on forensic science from biomedical scientists attending such events. Of course, forensic investigations are not the preserve of any one discipline; there are...

Forensic Science: The Basics, Fourth Edition is fully updated, building on the popularity of the prior editions. The book provides a fundamental background in forensic science, criminal investigation and court testimony. It describes how various forms of evidence are collected, preserved and analyzed scientifically, and then presented in court based on the analysis of the forensic expert. The book addresses knowledge of the natural and physical sciences, including biology and chemistry, while introducing readers to the application of science to the justice system. New topics added to this edit...

The only A–Z reference work on forensic science, one of the most intriguing and exciting fields in criminological studies. From dandruff to DNA, from ammunition to infrared spectrophotometry, forensic scientists employ the commonplace and the esoteric to get their man or woman.Forensic Scienceis the only comprehensive reference work accessible to nonexperts on this fast-changing and ever-fascinating field of criminological study. Readers will learn how the latest scientific breakthroughs and the well-honed instincts of forensics experts come together to provide the clues and amass the evidenc...

Some areas of common interest and potential cooperation between casework forensic science laboratories and university and college based forensic science programs are discussed.

The mystery in forensic science is not why practitioners do not want a more scientific technology for analyzing crimes, as Kennedy asks, but rather, why traditional sciences will not work with forensic science, rather than above it.

The present situation of forensic medicine and other forensic sciences in Portugal and on the glimmering future prospects are concentrated particularly on the present situation in the National Institute of Legal (Forensic) Medicine.

A statutory regulator with powers over standards and performance, investigation, compliance and enforcement is needed for forensic science in England and Wales.

While the US jurisprudence of the 1993 Daubert hearing requires judges to question not only the methodology behind, but also the principles governing, a body of knowledge to qualify it as scientific, can forensic science, based on Locard's and Kirk's Principles, pretend to this higher status in the courtroom? Moving away from the disputable American legal debate, this historical and philosophical study will screen the relevance of the different logical epistemologies to recognize the scientific status of forensic science. As a consequence, the authors are supporting a call for its recognition ...

It is not unreasonable for courts to demand that nonacademic-based procedures be shown to be reliable by scientists independent of law enforcement laboratories, and Congress must provide adequate resources and a mandate to undertake the research needed to demonstrate the validity and reliability of these techniques.

This paper looks at many of the different cultures that have been presented to American authorities, and the activities of the Milton Helpern International Center for the Forensic Sciences are discussed.

This page has resources for all of the forensic science programs including Forensic Science, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Drug Chemistry, Forensic DNA & Serology, forensic Death Investigation, and Environmental Forensics.

Kompleksnost forenzicke etike, kao i prakse, leži u cinjenici da je forenzika spoj vise disciplina. To je cini zanimljivom profesijom, a njenu etiku cini izazovnom na profesionalnom i osobnom planu. Naime, postoji vise etickih zahtijeva koji se javljaju kada se znanstvenikovo znanje i strucne vjestine pocnu primjenjivati, primjerice, na pravna pitanja, a upravo je to srce sudskog vjestacenja. Ono je spoj znanstvene i pravne etike na profesionalnom planu ali je i spoj etike vjestacenja s etikom vjestaka. Oba se mogu pokazati kao „kratki spojevi“ odnosno dva eticka okvira mogu za vjestaka biti d...

It will demonstrate that the UK model of forensic regulation has proven only partially effective at minimizing the risks associated with forensic science, while ensuring that the criminal justice system can continue to secure high quality forensic scientific evidence that is robust, reliable, and sustainable.

This research aims to identify how best to organise and deliver forensic science education to generate graduates who are more proficient and with the knowledge and expertise needed for them to cope with the technological advances revolutionising forensic science and with ongoing security demands and challenges.

The study of handwriting, especially that found in ransom notes, poison pen letters or blackmail demands

The ultimate aim of using anthropometry in forensic medicine/science is to help the law enforcement agencies in achieving 'personal identity' in case of unknown human remains.

The study of handwriting, especially that found in ransom notes, poison pen letters or blackmail demands

The article finds that the rapid expansion in forensic science education has attracted both “authentic’ and “inauthentic” investments, and sets off an alarm for the forensic science community about the future of forensic science and its education.

It is shown that criminalistics and forensic science are both separate and kindred scientific branches that have common historical roots and the development and gradual separation of forensic science from criminalistics did not change the scientific, methodological, didactic foundations and structure of a forensic technique as a component of criminalistics.

In this paper, the kingdom of Digital Forensics and Computer Forensic World is discussed and the problems are cost and government is slow to adopt new technology.

The institutional forces and misunderstandings that are responsible for the authors' ignorance about the accuracy of forensic science conclusions are examined and a new type of proficiency testing regimen is recommended that is designed to measure error rates under appropriate test conditions in the various forensic subfields.

Suggestions and considerations have been drawn in this paper, which imply that computer forensics may need to reposition itself to better promote the field over the long run.

Forensic pathology, as a scientific discipline, must depend upon generally accepted procedural standards in order to be useful in court.

This dissertation aims to provide a history of forensic science in Ukraine from 1989 to 2002, a period chosen in order to explore its roots as well as specific cases up to and including the year in which M. S. Bokarius died.

ABSTRACT Humanitarian forensic science is the application of the knowledge and skills of forensic medicine and science to humanitarian action, especially following conflicts or disasters. It sprouted from the experience of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and was shaped by International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law. It has been further developed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, especially since 2003. Since then, there have been many lessons learned. Forensic science has a humanitarian application as well as being a tool for justice. Identification of the dead is an...

There are now ways to treat and prevent these problems thanks to the research of Landsteiner, and there are now ways to treat and prevent these problems thanks to the research of Landsteiner.

Les chercheurs se sont penches sur l'utilisation d'autres biodetecteurs tels that des rats, les dauphins, les abeilles, les parasitoides dans the detection d'explosifs, de drogues ou de cadavres.

Forensics is an exciting word. It conjures up police investigations, dead bodies and bullets under microscopes, but it actually isn't terribly well understood by most people. 'Forensic' simply means 'pertaining to the law' and comes from the Latin name 'forum', which was the place in ancient Rome where court cases were heard.

Fundamentals of Forensic Science, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the basic principles of forensic science. The book begins at a crime scene and ends in the courtroom. The book is divided into six parts. Part 1 provides an overview of criminal justice and forensic science, covering the basics of crime scene investigation and the nature of evidence. Part 2 discusses analytical tools, including microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, atomic spectroscopy, and separation methods. Parts 3 to 5 discuss the various types of forensic evidence collected, categorized by the types ...

Part I: Forensic Science and Investigation Introduction to Forensic Science Learning Objectives Miniglossary Acronyms and parts II and III: Forensic Biology and Investigation.

Summary of reference material applicable to forensic science from two symposia on forensic chemistry held at the ACS meeting in Seattle, 1983 and Storrs CT, 1984.

This review has been presented on the method for the preparation of immunogen, principles of non-isotopic immunoassays, and immunoassing as the screening method with microtiter plate and/or latex particles.

The forensic science principles needed to exploit the full potential of IoT traces, including uniqueness, exchange, provenance, integrity, reliability, repeatability, evaluating links between virtual and physical entities, and formally assessing alternative hypotheses are presented.

detection and quantification of albumin via a singleplex Proximity Ligation Assay

Rather than presenting a static picture of the history of the forensic sciences and more particularly of legal medicine as the textbooks tend to do, I think this is an opportunity to show to what extent progress in these fields has been linked to the forward march of the basic sciences generally.

There is a general impression, enhanced by many TV shows, that forensic analyses are objective and infallible, but this is far from true, and they have to be judged against other types of evidence.