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WHAT IS FORENSIC SCIENCE




                             The Forensic science  is the application of broad spectrum of science and technologies to investigate and establish facts of interest in civil or criminal law. The forensic meaning is legal or related to courts.The modern definition of forensic is any science used for the purpose of law or justice system.The Forensic science is often termed crime scene to court. Forensic science also known as Medical Jurisprudence.
        The Forensic science is the crime scene analysis type of work.The investigation done by Scenes of crime officers(SOCOs) or Crime Scene Investigators(CSIs).A SOCO will write a detailed report for every findings from the result of investigation.This is submitted to the court as evidence.The collection of evidence is crucial to case.The process of recording the exhibits movement is called the chain of custody. The work of forensic scientist to producte accurate record keeping,chain of command documentation,stringent quality control and data management.Once the examination was complete,they thoroughly check all the tests,data interpretation and results have been performed well.
                    It has many traditional disciplines  such as Computational forensics,criminalistics,digital forensics,forensic accounting,forensic aerial photography,forensic anthropology,forensic archaeology,forensic astronomy,forensic botany and chemistry,forensic dactyloscopy,forensic DNA analysis,Forensic engineering and entomology,Forensic geology and geophysics,Forensic intelligence and interviews,Forensic immunology,Forensic limnology,Forensic linguistics,Forensic odontology,Forensic optometry,Forensic pathology,Forensic podiatry,Forensic psychiatry,Forensic psychology,Forensic seismology,Forensic serology,Forensic toxicology,Forensic video analysis,Mobile device forensics,Trace evidence analysis.
            The Forensic medicine and science encompasses the two disciplines Forensic pathology and Forensic Toxicology. The principal activity of the forensic pathology is service provision,performing post mortem examinations on a wide range of sudden and unexpected deaths.The nature of these deaths will range from natural disease through injury,alcohol and drug abuse,to deaths related to medical care, and those occurring in suspicious circumstances including overt homicides.
            The forensic toxicology analyses all the histology(material for microscopic examination) a vital follow-up investigation in many cases.Many different types of biological materials are tested, including blood and urine specimens and also alternative samples like hair and oral fluid and it provides additional information for medicolegal investigations.