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Jacob Silva Carla Litter Forensic Science January 8th, 2015 Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. What is forensic science? Forensic Science is the examination of criminal evidence for the criminal justice system in order to successfully prosecute a criminal. 2. What three tasks or responsibilities does a forensic scientist have? Forensic scientists have three primary roles; collecting and analyzing evidence, providing an expert testimony, and training others On how to Carry out the two previous responsibilities. 3. What criteria might be used to establish someone as an expert witness?
Courts will typically take into consideration one’s schooling, their years of experience, and their authored books in order to deem them an expert in a particular field. 4. What are two of the ways that a forensic pathologist might use to help determine the time of death? A forensic pathologist will perform an autopsy and take tissue, blood, and urine samples in order to determine death, or even discover the stage of decomposition (rigor Morris, liver Morris, or Alger Morris). 5. What does a forensic anthropologist do? A forensic anthropologist uses bones to determine the age, sex, time and cause of death of an individual. . Why do you think it is so important to use proper methods when collecting evidence from a crime scene? In order to provide a proper analysis and provide the criminal justice system with this correct analysis, proper methods carried out, and the assurance of no cross contamination of evidence should be on the top of one’s list of priorities. This would prevent malpractice and negligence as well as assure that justice is carried out. 7. Why do you think forensic science has been increasingly used by the criminal justice system?
Forensics has been more recipe and has provided better evidence to prosecute the correct individual for the correct crime. With that being said, it is the most beneficial to the criminal justice system and provides the most correct results in the analysis of evidence. 8. Which of the forensic scientist’s responsibilities do you think would be the most challenging? Why? The most challenging responsibility would be to collect and analyze evidence to provide the criminal justice system with a sound prosecution. 9. Which of the forensic scientist’s responsibilities do you think would be the most interesting to you?
Why? I greatly admire the sense Of mystery and the process Of analyzing evidence to assure the safety of the United States and create a better environment for innocent citizens. I would love to simply analyze evidence in any field of forensics. 10. Which of the specialty areas do you think you would most like to work in? Why? I would enjoy being a forensic pathologist as well as a blood splatter analyst. I’m not entirely certain why those two fields interest me its just something about the process and the evidence you analyze interests me.