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    Forensic science helps solve crimes by analyzing evidence from crime scenes. It allows investigators to identify suspects and understand how crimes were committed through various branches like DNA analysis, ballistics, fingerprint analysis, and forensic anthropology. DNA, fingerprints, and ballistics can match evidence to suspects while forensic anthropology can determine details about victims. However, forensic science also has limitations and risks of unreliability or misconduct that must be considered.

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    Forensic science helps solve crimes by analyzing evidence from crime scenes. It allows investigators to identify suspects and understand how crimes were committed through various branches like DNA analysis, ballistics, fingerprint analysis, and forensic anthropology. DNA, fingerprints, and ballistics can match evidence to suspects while forensic anthropology can determine details about victims. However, forensic science also has limitations and risks of unreliability or misconduct that must be considered.

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    NatalieSiqueiros

    November18,2014

    ForensicScience

    Whatbenefitsdoesforensicscienceprovideinsolvingacrime?
    Forensicsciencehelpspointoutasuspectbygatheringevidencefromacrimesceneand
    performingtestsorscientificmethodsontheevidence.Forensicsallowsyoutoidentifyand
    understandwhothesuspectis,howthecrimewasdone,howtomatchabullettoagun,howto
    matchafingerprinttoaperson,etc.Therearedifferentbranchesofforensicssuchas,forensic
    anthropology,ballistics,DNA,forensicpsychology,andmore.
    ForensicAnthropologyallowsyoutodeterminethesexofapersoninaninvestigation.
    Forexample,forensicanthropologists,candeterminesomeonessexbyexaminingthepelvic
    bone.Afemalespelvicboneiswiderwhilethemalespelvicboneisnarrow.Ifaskeletonwas
    lyingonthegroundandhadawidepelvicboneyouwouldknowthebonesbelongedtoafemale.
    Aforensicanthropologistsissomeonewhoworkswithlawenforcementandhelpsinskeletal
    evidence.
    Thosewhospecifyinballisticscanidentifyhowagunwasfired,wheretheshooterwas
    standing,distancebetweentheshooterandvictim,andmore.Investigatorscanconclude
    someoneshotagunifthereisgunresidueonthem.Although,gunresiduecanbeeasily
    transferred,andcanbeeasilyremoved.Theamountofgunpowderthatgetsonapersondepends
    onhowclosethepersonwastothegun.Forexample,ashooterwouldhavealargeamountof
    gunpowderonthem.
    DNAisoneofthemostcommonbranchesofforensicscience.DNAplaysanimportant
    roleinourjusticesystembackground.DNAcanhelpidentifyaperpetratororavictim.Ata
    crimescene,DNAcanbeextractedfromhair,blood,skin,orsaliva.DNAcanbehardforan
    investigatoriftheevidencesamplecontainsDNAfrom2ormoreindividuals.
    Inacrimesceneforensicpsychologyisusedwhenpeopleconfesstocrimestheydidnt
    commit,whenthereisafalseconfession,etc.Thepolicewilloftenusepersuasivetacticsthat
    causeinnocentpeopletoconfesstocrimestheydidntcommit.Innocentpeoplewillconfessto
    crimesbecauseof:
    amentalillness
    theywerepersuaded
    coercion
    fearofviolence
    theinterrogatorpretendstoshareaninterest

    Impressionevidenceallowsyoutounderstandhowtomatchaprinttoaperson,what
    investigatorslookforwhencomparingaprint,andhowtopullaprint.Thereis3typesof
    fingerprints,whorls,loop,andarch.Themostcommonfingerprinttypeisaloop.
    Anotherforensicsciencebranchisinvestigativemisconduct.Thisbranchallowsyouto
    understandthepsychologybehindcoveringupandfakingevidence,waysinvestigatorscanmess
    upduringaninvestigation,howforensicscanbeunreliable.Heresanexampleofforensic
    sciencebeingunreliable:Ifyouwereaninvestigatoratacrimesceneandtheperpetratorwas
    bleedingwhilethemurderwascommitted,hisbloodwouldbeonthesceneaswellasthe
    victims.Ifyoutookasamplefromthescenethevictimsbloodtypecanhidetheperpetrators
    bloodtypemakingithardertopointouttheperpetrator.

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