Define “Forensic Science”
Explain the limits of forensic science
Describe Locard’s Exchange Principle
1
Identify the types of forensic work
Differentiate Reconstruction & Re-enactment
4
3
1
2
Learning Objectives
5
2
3
Diverse subject
A forensic scientist cannot tackle all subjects
Specialists
Fingerprinting
Physical
evidence
Forensic
Medicine
Forensic
Science
The body
Documents
Ballistics
Drugs
DNA
4
Forensic Medicine vs Forensic Science
M.D.
BS / BSc.
Living
Dead
Chao Tzee
Cheng
Pornthip
Rojanasunan
Sir Bernard
Spilsbury
5
Forensic Scientist = Celebrity?
6
Murder Rates Worldwide
Per 100 000 population (reported)
7
Murder Rates Worldwide
Honduras
71
U.S.A.
4.7
Washington D.C.
23.8
Singapore
0.51
U.K. 1.23
Colombia
33