F: EVERYTHING CRIME, A – Z

      

Forensics

      Interesting facts about forensics:

The CSI effect is a real thing. Due to TV shows, jurors now have an unrealistic expectation of how a trial should be handled. They want irrefutable scientific evidence against the defendant.

Koala  bears have fingerprints that are almost indistinguishable from humans.

You leave a trail behind you everywhere you go, be it skin cells, hair, body fluids...

If you enter a crime scene after a shooting, you could be covered with more gunshot residue than the shooter who runs away immediately.

Internet tracking is one of the easiest forms of surveillance. Be careful what you Google--if you commit, it may come back to haunt you. Big Brother could be watching!

Forensic  scientists use donated cadavers in order to study decomposition. After all, bodies aren't normally found in a secured, environmentally controlled lab! The Body Farm in Knoxville, Tennessee is grateful to its donors and their families and values the scientific research that decomposing bodies provide.

Yes, you can get DNA from hair, but did you know that hair roots can also reveal gender?

There are approximately 40 different subdivisions/subfields in forensic science (such as: forensic anthropology, forensic botany, forensic accounting, forensic limnology, forensic pathology, forensic toxicology…) Well, you get the point. I’m not going to list them all here, but I did watch a show recently where a forensic plumber was called to get evidence from a toilet—gross!