Topic outline of forensics

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Forensic science) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or to a civil action.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to forensics:

Essence of forensics

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Branches of forensics

* Criminalistics - the analysis of physical evidence in criminal investigations.
* Forensic accounting - the study and interpretation of accounting evidence.
* Forensic anthropology - the application of physical anthropology, usually for the recovery and identification of skeletonized human remains.
* Forensic art - an artistic technique used in the identification, apprehension, or conviction of wanted persons.
* Forensic economics - the study and interpretation of economic damage evidence to include present day calculations of lost earnings and benefits, lost earnings and profits, etc.
* Forensic engineering - studies the causes of failure of devices and structures.
* Forensic entomology - deals with the examination of insects in, on, and around human remains to assist in determination of time or location of death, or whether a body was moved.
* Forensic linguistics - deals with anything in the legal system that requires linguistic expertise.
* Forensic odontology - the study of the uniqueness of teeth.
* Forensic photography - the art of producing an accurate photographic reproduction of a crime scene to aid investigations and court proceedings.
* Forensic psychology and forensic psychiatry - deal with the legal aspects of human behavior.
* Forensic toxicology - the study of the effect of drugs and poisons on the human body.
* Forensic Ballistics - the science dealing with the investigation of use of firearms and ammunition.
* Questioned document examination - the study and interpretation of evidence that takes the form of document.

History of forensics

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Basic forensics concepts

Forensics scholars

Forensic practitioners

Forensics lists

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See also

External links

* [http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/netgov/html/research_dna_cj_labs.htm List of Forensic Labs in the US]
*dmoz|Science/Science_in_Society/Forensic_Science/|Forensic Science
* [http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijfs/vol2n1/forensic.xml Forensic Anthropometry] Anthropometry in Forensics
* [http://lims.pardus.hr Forensic Case Management and Forensic LIMS]