FSCI 1010U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Alphonse Bertillon, Potato Salad, Chocolate Cake
2 Feb 2016
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Justice and science: forensic science is the intersection of science and the law, science used in legal investigations. Pharmacology (how drugs and poisons interact with the body) Psychology: some of these fields are fields are their own (chemistry), but have now been coopted, whereas other things (handwriting analysis) spawned from within forensics, what forensic science is not. Not all crime scenes have forensic evidence. Things that take minutes on csi can take days, weeks, months, even years. Tv creates unrealistic expectations: history of forensic science. Mid-19th century is when forensic science became a recognized. Victor balthazard fingerprint, firearm and hair analysis discipline advances. Wrote book on hair analysis the hair of man and. Anthropometry identify individual on scientific measurements based on 11 body measurements, descriptive information and photographs: fingerprints not commonly collected. Was first person to use fingerprints to solve a.
