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    Introduction Main Topic: The topic that was chosen to be researched was Forensic Science. Topic POV: The point of writing this essay is to discuss how a forensic scientist help assist the police in solving a crime. Guiding questions: What is forensic science? What is a forensic scientist and what do they do? What are some equipment’s that are used? Kinds of forensic scientist. Skills/ Qualifications What is forensic science? Forensics is the basis of the crime-fighting unit. It is devised to assist in

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    neighbors had mentioned seeing the woman leave through the front door of her house but the evidence says different, so investigators had to find out who left the house that morning. I am interested in this case because it was very intriguing how the forensic officers put all the pieces

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    The main job of a forensic investigator, or a crime scene investigator, is to go out to death scenes to collect evidence. They also conduct interviews, study crime scenes, and then analyze the evidence back at the crime lab. Forensic investigators must work with high-technology equipment and forensic scientists in order to solve cases. Forensic investigators must have a true passion for their jobs because they can encounter some pretty gruesome crimes while on the job. It can be hard for some people

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    Forensic science can be defined as the scientific methods and processes in crime solving (International Student, 2017). The many advancements in this field over past years have led to it including many specialist areas such as DNA and ballistics. Forensic science is derived from several scientific branches including biology, chemistry and physics, with its main focus being the recognition, identification, and evaluation of physical evidence (Crime Science Investigator, 2017). It has also become a

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    A Realistic Perspective on Forensic Science Forensic science is typically viewed as a drama filled, intense storyline. These misleading story lines include insufficient data, false heroism, unrealistic timing, and “perfect” conflicts. It’s common for others to assume that forensics mostly consists of criminology and toxicology. In a more realistic view, forensic science has many branches for determining different subjects, requires lots of training to produce precise conclusions, and have

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    One way you can determine a victim's age is by analyzing the skull if it's available. You can also use the teeth to tell their age. For example, if they are deciduous, baby teeth, the victim was liekly younger than five. If only the permanent incisors and first molars have erupted, the victim was about six or seven years old. When bone experts are not in the field, they can be found in the laboratory studing human remains. They look for murder weapons, hair, DNA to tie the killer to the crime. Its

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    a degree in chemistry or forensic science and a crime lab internship. They receive on-the-job training to handle physical evidence and perform a variety of special

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    decided that is down to two choices: forensic science or criminal justice. Forensic science is the application of sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, computer science and engineering to matters of law. Forensic science can help investigators understand how blood spatter patterns occur (physics), learn the composition and source of evidence such as drugs and trace materials (chemistry) or determine the identity of an unknown suspect (biology) ("Forensic Sciences") While criminal justice is

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    Forensic Scientists

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    Forensic Scientists’ most prominent responsibility is to use their scientific examination skills to help solve crimes. The majority of their work is devoted to analyzing samples of DNA, blood, drugs, saliva, and more. These scientists are crucial to criminal justice procedures. Any evidence utilized in a police investigation could be contaminated tampered with, or destroyed without the help of forensic science. In order to become a forensic scientist, one must first apply to one of the schools in

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    Forensic Science The idea of using the science has been started before the debuting of Sherlock Holmes in 1887, who had introduced about the forensic science to help criminal investigation. In history, the work of forensic scientists was performed by medical personnel. Until the end of eighteenth century, the attempts of French medical jurist Antoine Louis, crime solving Chinese book “ Hsi Duan Yu”(the washing way of wrongs), etc gave ideas about

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