scholarly journals Founding Editorial – Forensics and TheScientificWorld

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 605-608
Author(s):  
Walter Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Science ◽  
Forensic Toxicology ◽  
Forensic Odontology ◽  
Eyewitness Testimony ◽  
Scientific Application ◽  
Forensic Biology ◽  
Current State ◽  
Tool Mark ◽  
The World ◽  
Forensic Engineering

At the beginning of a new millennium it seems a good idea to stop for a moment and take stock of the current state of forensic science. As a field of scientific research and scientific application, forensic science is a little more than a century old. Forensic science may be said to have begun in 1887 with the simultaneous publication of A. Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet and Hans Gross’s Handbuch für Untersuchungsrichter. Conan Doyle’s novel introduced to the world the character of Sherlock Holmes, whose literary career would popularize the use of physical evidence in criminal investigations. Gross’s manual for examining magistrates suggests ways in which the expertise of chemists, biologists, geologists, and other natural scientists could contribute to investigations. Gross’s book was translated into a number of languages and went through various updated editions during the course of the century. The intervening century saw the development and application of fingerprinting, firearm and tool mark identification, forensic chemistry, forensic biology, forensic toxicology, forensic odontology, forensic pathology, and forensic engineering. Increasingly, the judicial systems of the industrial nations of the world have come to rely upon the expertise of scientists in a variety of disciplines. In most advanced countries, virtually all criminal prosecutions now involve the presentation of scientific testimony. This has had the beneficial effect of diminishing the reliance of courts on eyewitness testimony and defendant confessions.

Quality assurance in a forensic biology laboratory

1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Quarino ◽  
Robert Wilson ◽  
Jocelyn Ferrara ◽  
Howard Baum ◽  
Robert C. Shaler
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Forensic Biology ◽  
Biology Laboratory

Evaluating forensic biology results given source level propositions

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Taylor ◽  
Damien Abarno ◽  
Tacha Hicks ◽  
Christophe Champod
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Biology ◽  
Source Level

scholarly journals ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH DECOMPOSING PIG (Sus scrofa) CARCASS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. e126
Author(s):  
Iyabo Victoria Olatubi ◽  
Olukemi Aromolaran ◽  
Samuel Tolani Joseph ◽  
Oluwafeyikemi Ajoke Adeleke
Keyword(s):  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Skin Surface ◽  
Isolation And Identification ◽  
Forensic Biology ◽  
Gram Positive Bacteria ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
Identification Of Bacteria ◽  
Local Farm ◽  
Staphylococcus Spp

The emerging field of forensic biology has attempted to solve certain problems encountered when estimating post-mortem interval (PMI) by using predictable changes in the microbial and arthropod community structure. Pig (Sus scrofa) carcasses are widely used as animal models in clinical human studies. The objective of this study was to identify bacteria from the skin surface of pig carcass for possible use in forensic investigation. Three pigs (a suitable human substitute) were collected from a local farm and killed by suffocation and further place in a bush land for decomposition. 24hours later skin samples were collected and transported to the laboratory for the isolation of bacteria using standard pour plate techniques and identified using Bergey’s manual of systemic bacteriology. The experiment was conducted in February 2019 during the dry season of the year with an average temperature of 23.50c and relative humidity of 60.8% A total of fourteen (14) isolates were gotten from the pig carcass samples out of which four (4) were Gram-positive bacteria and the remaining ten (10) were Gram-negative. Staphylococcus spp. (28.6%) was the most abundant while Salmonella sp., Serratia sp., Klebsiella sp., Citrobacter sp. and Proteus sp. occurred at 14.3% each. This study focus on the type of bacteria communities during a decomposition process which will help provide baseline information in the application of forensic biology to determination of nature of death, abuse or neglect.

Observations of DNA transfer within an operational Forensic Biology Laboratory

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 33-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Taylor ◽  
Damien Abarno ◽  
Emily Rowe ◽  
Lauren Rask-Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Dna Transfer ◽  
Forensic Biology ◽  
Biology Laboratory
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