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forensic scienceUse of scientific techniques to solve criminal cases. A multidisciplinary field embracing chemistry, physics, botany, zoology, and medicine, forensic science includes the identification of human bodies or traces. Ballistics (the study of projectiles, such as bullets), another traditional forensic field, makes use of such tools as the comparison microscope and the electron microscope. Traditional methods such as fingerprinting are still used, assisted by computers; in addition, blood analysis, forensic dentistry, voice and speech spectrograms, and genetic fingerprinting are increasingly applied. Chemicals, such as poisons and drugs, are analysed by chromatography. ESDA (electrostatic document analysis) is a technique used for revealing indentations on paper, which helps determine if documents have been tampered with. Forensic entomology is also a branch of forensic science.
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The new forensics system could be particularly of help to investigators probing child porn cases. Under the traditional law enforcement definition, forensics is the process of analyzing material evidence to develop a finite or concrete conclusion that can be backed up in a court of law, says Bryan Sartin, director of forensics and investigative response for Verizon Business Services. He said: "The MSc Digital Forensics course was simply everything I was hoping for. |
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