CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Guy Paul Morin, Gas Chromatography, Drywall
13 May 2016
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Forensic chemistry: fibres, metals, paint & soil, and fire & explosions. Ordinary people, ordinary places: e. g. criminal in woolly sweater, victim"s makeup, duct tape, bomb, materials. Forensic chemist"s analyze: anything that is not a body uid, used to be part of hair and bre (still is in us, now, fibre - chemistry, hair - biology. Honours (minimum: chemistry - lots, all basic analytical techniques, civilians, then basic training in lab under a mentor ~15-18 months, mock trial. Types of crime: break & enter, broken glass, fragments of drywall, hit and run, car light glass, car lights, pant, arson, bombings, terrorism, examine the trace evidence, safe cracking, packing material from safe. Week 11: forensic chemistry: ident - scene, pathologists - body, biology - dna, semen, firearms - spent cartridges, chemists - all aspects! Chemists involvement: fibres left behind, soil from assailant"s shoes, glass on suspects clothes, rope used to tie homeowners, strange stain on oor (gasoline?)
