Essays on Forensic Science

Examining an appropriate justice system and effective law enforcement agencies in Nigeria, in the quest for the use of forensic science and various emerging technology trends like forensic facial image comparison is another pattern that requires a standard and formalized process. One of the challenges...

Forensic engineering may be stated as the application of engineering principles and methodologies for the purpose of court of law. Consequently, it involves the research of substances that are to be used for making a structure which fails to stay as long as it was...

How can a single skin cell help resolve 3 criminal cases from over 50 years prior? With today’s technology rapidly changing, crimes are increasing and criminals are getting increasingly clever; but even the littlest bit of DNA left at a crime scene can now be...

The Forensics department is one of the most important aspects of our criminal justice system. This sub-group is responsible for collecting and processing important DNA evidence that could determine the legal outcome of many criminal offences. Forensic researchers break down proof retrieved from cops and...

Nanotechnology is a way of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. A general way of showing nanotechnology was established by national nanotechnology initiative, according to which nanotechnology is defined as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to...

Blood stains, sun glasses and a charger; to the average person these items are completely unrelated but to a forensic scientist these objects can be clues to solving their next case. Forensic scientists help investigations by collecting and analyzing evidence. In recent years, forensic science...

When a crime has been committed the factor of handwriting, fingerprints, and DNA are used in a process which looks to confirm the identity of an individual and a link between the crime scene and origin of reference. Element traces like fingerprint contribute to a...

Over the past decades, forensic science has evolved and has been used by most states as a vital need in modern legal practice. It is widely used in courts as a major source for the outcome of a verdict. Forensic science has attained a merit...

I will be effectively explaining the positive impacts and negative impacts of Forensic Science. “Forensic science is the application of scientific principles and techniques to matters of criminal justice, including collecting, examining and analyzing of physical evidence. ” (‘Medical Definition of FORENSIC SCIENCE’, 2019) Forensic...

Digital forensic techniques are advancing gradually over the time due to development of technology. Digital forensic helps achieve evidences through the computer systems to provide evidences at the court. There are techniques including IP address tracking, email address tracking, image back-up, packet sniffing and decryption...