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Forensic Lab

Published on Dec 05, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

FORENSIC LAB

BY:HOLLY CRUMP&NICK THOMPSON

What is forensics?
Forensics is a group of specific tests or techniques used to help solve a crime

How does forensics help solve crimes?
By using all of the available information&evidence from a crime scene to determine who committed it.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVIDENCE

  • Physical evidence
  • Psychological evidence
  • Verbal evidece

Early methods
In 1284 a book written by the Chinese called "hsi duan yu" (the washing away of the wrong) was published

COMMON JOBS

  • Criminologist
  • Toxicologist
  • Pathologist
  • Engineer scientist
  • Odontologist
Photo by NCSSMphotos

SOME FAMOUS FORENSIC SCIENTISTS

  • Sir Sydney Alfrid Smith
  • Clea Koff
  • Robert P. Spalding
  • Richard Walter
  • Dr.Michael M. Baden

Some equipment used
Polilight (Pl300sc) $18,433-$20,800
Mystire faming chamber30( CA600) $12,300-12,500
Ninhydrin development chamber (Caron DFO) $10,445-$10,995

Schools that offer a forensic course.
University of Ontario institute of technology
Trenton university
University of Toronto
McMaster university
University of western Ontario
Leaurentaian university of Sudbury

TO HELP SOLVE A CRIME THEY...

  • Reconstruct the crime
  • Identify suspects
  • Link the suspects to the victim
Photo by borkazoid

BOOKS ON FORENSICS

  • The bone woman-Clea Koff
  • Déjà dead-Kathy Reichs
  • The bone collector-Jeffery Devar
  • Flesh of bones-Jefferson Bass
  • Blowfly-Patricia Cornwall
Photo by Evil Erin