Types of forensic

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences defines the sections of forensic sciences

Criminalistics

  1. alcohol and drugs

  2. arson

  3. blood splatter

  4. computer forensics

  5. DNA

  6. explosions

  7. serology

  8. toxicology

  9. trace evidence

  10. firearms and tool marks

Digital multimedia sciences

  • digital and multimedia science are a sort of microcosm of the forensic science family. It works collaboratively to solve crimes and explain a scene

engineering sciences

  • has many scientific principles, associated with engineering and math. It has engineering, biological, chemical, mathematical, and physical sciences with the arts, humanities social sciences, and professions to tack the most demanding challenges and advance the well-being of global society

General Forensic Science- forensic science is the application of scientific knowledge and methodology to legal problems and criminal investigations

Jurisprudence - the application of the philosophy of law

Forensic odontology

  • dental science- the application of dental science to legal investigation

Forensic pathology- the study of people who die suddenly unexpectedly or violently

Physical Anthropolgy- focuses on the human skeleton, forensic anthropology analyzes skeletal, badly decomposed otherwise unidentified human remains