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Concept
Outline of forensic science
Summary
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to forensic science:
Forensic science – application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in matters relating to criminal law, civil law and regulatory laws. it may also relate to non-litigious matters. The term is often shortened to forensics.
General forensics topics include:
Crime – breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately prescribe a conviction.
Crime scene – location where an illegal act took place, and comprises the area from which most of the physical evidence is retrieved by trained law enforcement personnel, crime scene investigators (CSIs) or in rare circumstances, forensic scientists.
Mortuary investigations
laboratory examinations
CSI effect – phenomenon of popular television shows such as the CSI franchise raising the public's expectations of forensic science, stemming from the "dramatic license" taken by the shows' writers in which they exaggerate the abilities of forensic science, and this is of particular concern in the courtroom setting, where many prosecutors feel pressured to deliver more forensic evidence.
Crime Scene Investigation: crime scene is the most fruitful source to gather forensic evidence (19)
Forensic accounting – study and interpretation of accounting evidence.
Forensic animation –
Forensic anthropology – application of physical anthropology for personnel identification in a legal setting, usually for the recovery and identification of skeletonized human remains.
Forensic facial reconstruction – Skull-face photo superimposition. skull suture identification with ante mortem skull x-rays
Forensic archaeology – application of a combination of archaeological techniques and forensic science, typically in law enforcement.
Forensic arts – artistic techniques used in the identification, apprehension, or conviction of wanted persons.
Forensic astronomy – determines past celestial constellations for forensic purposes, using methods from astronomy.
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