NATS 1575 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mathieu Orfila, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Engineering

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1575
• Professor: Rajeshwari Iyer

Document Summary

Also investigates bite marks: forensic engineering is concerned with failure analysis, accident reconstruction, and causes and origins of fires or explosions, forensic computer science involves the examination of digital evidence. Physical evidence: encompasses any objects that can provide a link between a crime and its victim or a crime and its perpetrator. Photography, sketches, and notes are the three methods for crime-scene recording. Personnel and monetary limitations may prohibit the utilization of photography at every crime site. Rough sketch: a draft representation of all essential information and measurements at a crime scene. It shows all recovered items of physical evidence. Finished sketch: a precise rendering of the crime scene, this type is not normally completed at the crime scene. Notes must include a detailed written description of the scene with the location of items of physical evidence recovered. The search for physical evidence at a crime scene must be thorough and systematic.