Define Forensic Science

Explain the limits of forensic science

Describe Locards Exchange Principle
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Identify the types of forensic work
Differentiate Reconstruction & Re-enactment
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3
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Learning Objectives
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Diverse subject
A forensic scientist cannot tackle all subjects
Specialists
Fingerprinting
Physical
evidence
Forensic
Medicine
Forensic
Science
The body
Documents
Ballistics
Drugs
DNA
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Forensic Medicine vs Forensic Science
M.D.
BS / BSc.
Living Dead
Chao Tze
Cheng
Pornthip
Rojanasunan
Sir Bernard
Spilsbury
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Forensic Scientist = Celebrity?
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Murder Rates Worldwide
Per 100 000 population (reported)
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Murder Rates Worldwide
Honduras
71
U.S.A.
4.7
Washington D.C.
23.8
Singapore
0.51
U.K. 1.23
Colombia
33