Forensics

Forensics Even the greatest crime investigator in history relied on the only true witness—evidence—to solve a crime. Although fictitious, Sherlock Holmes’ techniques of intense observation and logical application of detail inspire the basis of solving any crime. Those skills, added to today’s growing technology allow police efforts to successfully conduct an investigation. Since evidence is stable and will not change its story once in front of the jury, or forget what it saw, those who collect, analyze, and interpret the crime scene play a very important role. Forensic science is science applied to answering legal questions. Under the rules of forensics, evidence is broken down into four categories: Testimony - statements from witnesses under oath Direct evidence - eyewitness’s accounts Circumstantial evidence - information that may disprove or prove a point Real/physical evidence - any tangible article (fingerprints, weapons, blood, etc). It is the accumulation of all the above evidence types that weigh down the case at hand. Physical evidence is attained through forensic analysis and is most useful in cases involving homicide or foul play. When the call comes into the dispatcher at the police department, notifying the police that there may be a murder, an officer arrives to preserve the crime scene body, evidence, found, crime, fingerprints, been, death, scene, under, out, gun, case, forensic, blood, time, suspect, print, clues, since, through, police, over, one, just, fibers, every, begin, another, after, way, theory, skin, prints, person, obvious, murder, hours, fluids, five, finger, dirt, detective, comes, cella, began, because, barrel, area, analysis, about,