Browsing: Branches of Forensics

Explore the role of forensic serology in solving crimes, focusing on analyzing blood, semen, saliva, and other bodily fluids. Learn about techniques, history, and ethics.

Forensic pathology is a forensic science field involving applying pathological methods in investigating circumstances of sudden, suspicious, or unexplained deaths, particularly those involved in legal investigations. 

Forensic palynology is the application of the study of pollen and spores to investigate legal matters in criminal and civil cases, often used to establish links between objects, people, and places based on the analysis and identification of pollen.

Forensic limnology is a sub-field of forensic botany that examines the presence of diatoms in crime scene samples and victims. Currently, the primary application of the study of diatoms in forensic investigations is in diagnosing drowning as the cause of death.

It mainly combines knowledge from archaeology and forensic science to estimate time since death, reconstruct the circumstances before and after deposition, and discriminate the products of human behavior from those created by the earth’s biological, physical, chemical, and geological subsystems.

Forensic Archaeology is a forensic science field that applies archaeological techniques to search, identify and excavate evidential materials from the crime scene. They are employed to excavate and recover buried human remains (mainly, but not always), personal items, weapons and eliminate non-related objects, ensuring that remains are recovered in a proper, controlled, and forensically accepted manner.

Forensic odontology applies dental science to legal investigations, primarily involving identifying the offender by comparing dental records to a bite…