Forensics

● Forensic History and Careers - 10%

Forensics Psychologists

Crime-Scene Investigator

Chemical Researcher

Forensics Fiber Analysis

Forensics Palynologist

Fingerprinting Expert

Chemist

Blood Splatter Expert

Pharmacologist

Drug Testing Expert

Document Expert

Forensics Entomologist

Forensics Geologist

Bone Digger

Neutron Activation Analyst

Forensics Technician


 Crime Scene and Death Investigation - 20%

Evidence can be classified into two types- direct evidence and circumstantial evidence.

Direct Evidence - includes fist-hand observation such as eyewitness accounts or police dashboard video camera. In court direct evidence involves testimony by a witness about what that witness personally saw heard or did.

Circumstainal


● Forensic Toxicology and Pharmacology - 20%


● Forensic Anthropology - 10%

  • Bones revel age, sex, race, approximate hight and health

  • Right handed people have slightly larger bone than the left arm

  • Hard workers have more dense bones

  • Female: bones overall appearance tends to be much smoother and less knobby, frontal bone is higher and more rounded

  • Male: usually thicker rougher and appears quite bumpy most noticeable in the knees, male skull is more massive and bumpier frontal bone is low and sloping

Time of Death Range

Immediate Cause of Death: how the person died

Manner of Death: - Describes the way in which a death occurs

Manner of death: natural, accidental, suicidal and homocidal

Natural: caused by interuption and failure of the body functions

Accidental: caused by unplanned events such as a car accidient ‘

Sucide: a person purpsefully kills ones self

Homicide: death caused by someone else

Livor Mortis: roughly death color- pooling of blood in the body means lividity- begins wo hours after death the discoloration becomes periinate fater 8 hours. but if the skin is pressed the color will dissappear. The ambient temp at which a person dies impacts the time it takes for lividity to set in. If warmer it may take faster. The extent of livor mortis is also affected by anything impeading the flow of blood such as belts or watches

Rigor Mortis: death stiffness starts within two hours starts in the head and graduallys works its way down.


● Forensic Entomology - 10%


● Identification of Blood, Bloodstains, Biological Fluids and Stains - 10% ● Techniques of DNA Analysis - 10%


● Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry - 10%