Transcript How is science used to solve crimes?

 What is a crime scene?
 What is forensic science?
 What tools and information are necessary for
criminologists to dissect a crime scene?
Sara Beth Honsinger
 Eye-Witness Exercise
 A Question of Reliability
 Forensics
 Chemistry
 Biology
 Physical Science
 Additional Information
 Summary
Test your skills of observation…
 Harvard experiment to test “inattentional blindness”
 42% of participants noticed the gorilla
 Unreliable testimony results in overturned verdicts
 Faultiness strengthens importance of forensic science
 Investigating of crimes using scientific means
 Encompassing:
 Chemistry
 Biology
 Physical Science
 Chromatography
 Spectroscopic analysis
 pH and other chemical
testing
 Entomology
 Anthropology
 DNA testing
 Impression analysis
 Blood spatter analysis
 Ballistics
General Forensics
 The American Academy of Forensic Sciences
 Information from the American Academy of Forensic Science
 The Forensic Science Foundation
 Provides information on all the different branches of forensic
science
Forensic Anthropology
 Forensic Anthropology
 Read an overview of forensic anthropology, and learn about
various schools and training programs
 Bodies and Bones
 This online tutorial covers all aspects of forensic
anthropology, from at the crime scene to in the laboratory
Memories can be
confused or altered,
evidence remains the
same.