Essays on Forensics

Each year in America millions of people die by their own hands.  Millions more die at the hands of others.   Investigators do not want to make the mistake of convicting someone for murder if the victim actually committed suicide.  At the same time they do not want to assume a death was the result…

DNA fingerprinting is a way of identifying a specific individual, rather than simply identifying a species or some particular trait. It is also known as genetic fingerprinting or DNA profiling. As a technology, it has been around since at least 1985, when it was announced by its inventor, Sir Alec Jeffreys. DNA fingerprinting is currently…

            In the FBI Laboratory, over one million investigations are carried out per year. This movie provides a synopsis of those investigations. It especially focuses on how 9 / 11 changed the way investigations are carried out. The Lab was constructed in 1932 and currently employs nearly 700 scientists specially trained to carry out investigations….

He choose poor kids because he knew they ill never be reported as missing because they will never pay no attention if they were missed or just runaways to their own families. How this animal grew up is, believed that he had some childhood issue that have led him to commit this horrible crimes. He…

You are the first officer at the scene of an outdoor assault. You find the victim bleeding but conscious, with two of the victim’s friends and several onlookers standing nearby. You call for backup and quickly glance around but see no one fleeing the scene. Describe the steps you would take while you wait for…

When people think of the FBI (or also known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation), what usually comes to mind is the crime fighting, drug busting guys that break the door down to a suspect’s house dressed in dark blue with guns blazing and bulletproof vests on; but that would be the stereotypical thought of…

In unit one, we were introduced to the murder of Anna Garcia. We had to ‘visit’ the crime scene and document what we saw. In this unit, we learned many things, and conducted different experiments to help us understand what may have happened to Anna, and how she died. In this paper, you will read…