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forensic_psychologyUnderstanding Forensics soIntroduction ForensicScience Criminalistics applicationof sciencetocriminal duringcriminalinvestigation XiYuanLu WashingAwayofWrongs firstwrittenaccount... ofusingofmedicine entomology to solvecriminalcases written inChina11240bySongCily1861249 directorofjusticejaila supervisionduringSongdynasty 13thcentury Antamologywasused to solvecriminal cases studyofinsects Inforensics it was qq.mg ftyqs attracted torottensubstances how manylifecycles were completed on thedeadbody wasstudied Dr EdmondLocard FrenchCriminologist pioneerof Forensic Fatherof Modern ForensicScience Formulated basicprincipleofforensicscience i e Everycontactleaves atracen t Locard's ExchangePrinciple foundationofForensics 121importantquestions when an Investigationtakesplace as Todetermine if a crimehas happened or someonehasframed staged acrime If a crimehas happened whohas commited it NeedofForensicScience GoalofForensicscientists examiningevidencefromcrime sceneusing strictlyscientificknowle principles inorder to findfacts aboutcriminalcase Outcomes are objective facts so forensic science can be usefulforbothProsecutiona Defense Courtroom verdicts Iggy on solid scientific facta not on circumstantial evidence or eyewitness accounts In India we have a Judge System all arguments are heardbyjudge based on L evidences presented udgewill determine if the personisinnocent or guilty JurySystem arguments a evidences are presented tothe judge aswellas US jury whichis a groupof22peoplecivilians After arguments are presented these 12 Civilians Jury go to a room and then they discuss debate acomeupwith a unanimousdecision ed A+ Watmen Filterpapers usedforscientificanalysis of bloodsamples Takes24hours togetliquidfrom driedup bloodasit takes more 6hours to get direct blood source ftp.gttidff aimeisitxtes I Primary Secondary TertiaryforCorroborative Primary Evidences eg Murderevidences Deadbody Murderweapon Bloodsample fingerprints poisionfibrepieces Secondary Evidences anythingapartfromthe perimeterof primary crimescene eg an apartment a whatis inside it is a partofprimarycrime scene s anything beyondtheperimeterof apartment becomes partofpeconderyaim.mn lobbyofapartment Istairs Iidentgelge that a personhascommitted acrime tyremarksaround I 2evidences I havetangibility ie we cantouchfeelsee apartment TertiaryEvidences helpthepersonto associatetheevidencewiththecrimeonother primary a secondaryevidences Intangible in nature eg all statementsfrom eyewitnesses suspectsfamilymembers Psychological evidences which are collected fromaperson in a Forensic psychology lab based on Characters 3 types Physical Testimonial Psychological PhysicalEvidences collected fromcrime s [Show More]

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