FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Forensic Pathology, Forensic Science, Sexual Assault
FSC239 Lecture 26: Toxicology
• Expert witness testimony
• Research a development in forensic science
• Deliver educational materials to client groups
• Areas
o Biology
o Chemistry
o Physical science
o Toxicology
• Offer services to
o Chief Coroner
o Forensic Pathology Services
o Fire Marshal
o Police service
o Crown
o Defence
• Toxicology section
o The scientific discipline of the adverse or negative effects of drugs and
poisons on the human body (including alcohol)
o The application of toxicology principles in the medicolegal context
▪ Homicide
▪ Impaired driving
o What does toxicology do?
▪ Preforms analysis to detect the presence or absence of drugs and at
times detect the concentration. Works with biological samples such as
blood and urine.
▪ You can’t determine concentration for any drugs in urine except for
alcohol
o Case types
▪ Coroner’s investigation
• No anatomical cause of death
• Toxicological contributing factors (accidental or intentional)
• Fire death
• Workplace death
▪ Criminal investigation
• Homicide
• Assault
• Sexual assault
• Impaired driving
▪ Ordering samples analysis
• The process of directing sample analysis takes into
consideration
o Type of sample
o Amount of sample
o Laboratory protocols
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