Forensic Science and the Criminal System
Forensic science helps the criminal justice system by providing scientifically based evidence that can be used to identify suspects, determine guilt or innocence, and support criminal investigations.
Forensic Science - Fake Fingerprints?Fingerprints have been long thought to be one of the most irrefutable forms of identification. If the police found your prints at a crime scene, chances are you were present and a jury is going to convict you of the crime.
Read more- Computer Forensics and Sentencing Criteria in Child Pornography Cases
In child pornography cases, attorneys often rely on computer forensic examiners to look for evidence that a suspect or defendant possessed or shared contraband material.
Read more - Expert Witness in Video Forensics Can Discuss Surveillance Footage Enhancements
Surveillance footage is necessary in litigation when attempting to prove that one party is not honest or participates in wrongful activity that could or does harm others.
Read more - Criminology Expert Witness Explains Application of Forensic Sociology in Civil Cases
Cases that involve the need for forensic sociology usually have various applications, processes and methods derived from the hired criminology expert witness.
Read more - Video Forensics Expert Witness Discusses Security Camera Footage Recovery
For both criminal and civil cases, camera footage may capture the perpetrator in the act of harming another or engaging in illegal activity.
Read more - Photogrammetry in Forensics Introduction
When one tries to imagine how many digital images are captured each day around the world to preserve some type of visual data for accident or crime scenes, it quickly becomes apparent that there are practical uses for photogrammetry in forensics and reconstruction.
Read more - Forensic Science - The Good and the Bad
Like any field, forensic science has both good and bad practitioners. If analysis results are based on science, and science is exact, then how can there be opposing experts in litigations?
Read more - When a Test is Not a Test: Tests Without Forensic Validity
Tests such as the Thematic Apperception Test, the House-Tree-Person (HTP), Human Figure Drawing (HFD) and the Draw-A-Person (DAP) “tests” are inappropriate for use in a forensic context.
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