FORS 1390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Blunt Trauma, Glycogen, Chemical Reaction
10 Nov 2016
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Search patterns: link, line grid, zone, wheel, spiral, or combo. Aid of field testing, visualization and enhancement reagents. Dependent on type of evidence: liquid or volatile, biological, wet, or moist. Sealed: completely cover opening, initialed, timed and dated. Involves: interpretation of evidence, laboratory testing, systematic study of info, logical formulation of potential scenarios. Stages: data collection, conjecture, hypothesis formulation, testing, theory formulation. History of forensic science= history of death investigation. Coroner-> crowner of the king: responsible for death investigations. Existence: england: before 10th century, us: 1990s. Prior to: no education or training required. 1877: massachusetts- replacement of coroner with licensed medical examiner. Currently: rural areas retain elected coroner system. Studies diseases, its causes, and its diagnosis. Specialized areas: anatomic- autopsies and examine tissues, clinical- manage bodily fluid testing libraries. World ward ii: medical examiners required to be forensic pathologists, coroners have forensic pathologists perform autopsies. Biological death: cessation of all cellular activity.
