There are many subdivisions of forensic science and listed are some of the most important ones.But also included are other terms used in forensic science.
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| 754544805 | Forensic Science | (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences and technologies to investigate and establish facts of interest in relation to criminal or civil law. | 1 | |
| 754544806 | Computational | Computational forensics allows specialists in this field to accurately assess data using computer software through the development of algorithms to assist forensic examination. | 2 | |
| 754544807 | Digital | Similar to the computational subdivision, digital forensics provides our legal system with a way to recover data from electronic or digital devices. | 3 | |
| 754544808 | Anthropology | Forensic anthropology offers credit to our legal system through identification of human skeletal remains when discovered. | 4 | |
| 754544809 | DNA Analysis | The legal system's ability to collect DNA has been crucial in identifying the father and mother via paternal/maternal testing. | 5 | |
| 754544810 | Psychology | Forensic psychology is specialist attempt to understand the cognitive, emotional, and physical behaviors of suspects and criminals using forensic methods. These individuals also determine whether or not a person is competent enough to represent himself/herself in court. | 6 | |
| 754544811 | Toxicology | This subdivision focuses on drugs and poisons, and how they affect the human body. | 7 | |
| 754589234 | Physical Evidence | Physical evidence usually involves objects found at the scene of a crime. These serve later as a comparison to identify, for example, a vehicle that was parked at the scene, a person who was present, a type of manufacturing method used to create a tool, or a method or technique used to break into a building or harm a victim. | 8 | |
| 758471037 | Criminalistics | This subdivision focuses its effort to answer questions relating to evidence gathered and received from a crime scene. This would include: biological evidence (, DNA), trace evidence (fingerprints), impression evidence (footwear/tire tracks), ballistics (firearms), controlled or regulated substances (legal/illegal drugs), or any other evidences connected to crime scene investigation. These evidences are normally processed in a laboratory. | 9 | |
| 758471038 | Pathology | Investigation of sudden, unexplained, or violent death | 10 | |
| 758471039 | Ballistics | Science that deals with motion, behavior, and the effects of rojectiles (most often firearms and bullets) | 11 | |
| 758471040 | Criminal Law | Regulation and enforcement of rights setting acceptable limits of conduct in a society | 12 | |
| 758471041 | Arraignment | The first act in a criminal proceeding, where the defendant is brought before court to hear charges and enter a plea | 13 | |
| 758471042 | Booking | A police procedure following arrest that requests basic information about the suspect, a photograph, fingerprints, and perhaps a lineup | 14 | |
| 758471043 | Autopsy | An examination performed on a dead person to find the cause of death | 15 | |
| 758471044 | Polygraph test | A lie detector test. A polygraph test measures physiological responses to questions. The test subject wears electrodes on the skin and scalp, which transmit physiological responses that are recorded on paper or by a computer. | 16 | |
| 758471045 | Misdemeanor | A minor crime, less than a felony, usually punished with a fine or confinement other than in a prison. | 17 | |
| 758471046 | Felony | A serious crime, such as murder, punishable by more than one year of imprisonment up to execution. | 18 | |
| 758471047 | Circumstantial evidence | Is also known as indirect evidence. It is distinguished from direct evidence, which, if believed, proves the existence of a particular fact without any inference or presumption required. Circumstantial evidence relates to a series of facts other than the particular fact sought to be proved. | 19 | |
| 758471048 | Analytical Skills | The ability to identify a problem, to isolate its component parts, to organize information for decision making, to establish criteria for evaluation, and to draw appropriate conclusions. | 20 |
