MEDT220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Crime Lab, Money Laundering, Forensic Entomology

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Medical Laboratory Sciences
• Course: MEDT220
• Professor: Lehman, Donald C

Document Summary

Forensic science is not a branch of law enforcement: forensic scientists do not interrogate/arrest suspects or investigate crime scenes. 3 major ways to assist police investigators: 1. Confessions (could be falsely confessing for streetcred or to cover up for someone they know: 2. Eyewitness accounts by victims/witnesses (could provide false information because they were under stress during the crime: 3. Only way that is free of bias (if it is ethical and honest) This is hard to argue against in court (up to the jury to determine validity) Crime scene investigators: crime lab analyses are only relevant if crime scene evidence is properly collected and preserved, all police officers should have some knowledge of processing evidence. Science and law: matters of law. Crimes: homicide, sexual assault, burglary, murder (has to have malice) Areas of forensics: toxicology: analuses of bodily specimens (ex.