PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Forensic Dentistry, Scientific Method, Forensic Psychiatry
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After completing this learning objective you will be able to: 1. 1 define and distinguish forensic science and criminalistics. Application of science to the criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system. Encompasses many professions that use their skills to aid law enforcement officials in conducting their investigations. Criminalisticsis more descriptive than forensic science for describing the services of a crime laboratory. Dramatization of forensic science on television has led the public to believe that every crime scene will yield forensic evidence. Unrealistic expectations that a prosecutor"s case should always be supported by forensic evidence. 1. 2 recognize the major contributors to the development of forensic science. Owes its origins first to the individuals who: Developed the principles and techniques needed to identify or compare physical evidence. Recognized the need to merge these principles into a coherent discipline that could be practically applied to a criminal justice system.
