Posted on 25 March 2008
Forensic Entomology is another sub-division of forensic biology.
Forensic entomology itself can be sub-divided into three further disciplines of medicolegal/medicocriminal, stored product and urban. Forensic entomology is primarily concerned with the study of animal life.
Medicolegal / Medicocriminal forensics examines a wide range of criminal cases. For example, studying insect eggs on a dead body and comparing [...]
Posted on 10 January 2008
An important part of the forensics field is the ability to represent evidence in an objective and impartial way in evidence during the course of court cases. One such means is through the use of forensic photography.
A forensic photographer would be responsible for producing photographic evidence to support other forensic data, medical reports and scientific [...]
Posted on 04 January 2008
Forensic linguistics, as you may imagine, relates to the study and analysis of language patterns with regard to crime and other law.
Forensic linguistics has been applied to the letter of the law, that is, examining the original Norman or Latin from which modern English is derived, in order to interpret or challenge said laws. Linguistics [...]
Posted on 02 January 2008
Forensic Botany
Forensic Botany comes under the much broader heading of forensic biology.
Forensic botanists attempt to gather information from plant life in order to aid in crime investigations.
Detailed examination of leaves, pollen, seeds bark, etc can generate an understanding of a crime scene, specifically giving data about time and location of death, other areas the body [...]
Posted on 21 December 2007
Forensic Odontology - also known as forensic dentistry - is essentially concerned with identifying an assailant from their dentition (set of teeth). This would usually be accomplished by comparing dental records to physical bite marks left on a victim.
Additionally, forensic odontology can be used in cases of dental malpractice, medical / legal analysis of trauma [...]