1 Since the 1970s, investigative profilers at the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (now part of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime) have been assisting local, state, and federal agencies in narrowing investigations by providing criminal personality profiles. An attempt is now being made to describe this criminal-profile-generating process. A series of five overlapping stages lea...

The digital image has a predominant position among multimedia data types, and it plays a valuable role in numerous human activities, such as law enforcement, forestry management, environment management, weather forecasting and entertainment. In forensic sciences, digital images have been widely used, such as fingerprints, scene photos, firearm tool marks, and so on. Therefore, the arrangement o...

Background: To determine the role of drugs in fatal overdose, analyses were done on samples obtained from autopsy examination and death and crime scene investigations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of toxicology analyses of postmortem biological and non-biological samples belonging to a subject in determining the forensic cause of death. Methods: Toxicological analysi...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Forensic Res Criminol Int J 2015, 1(3): 00013 sufficient attention from the scientific community.” In the opinion of this writer, this perception is reality in far too many jurisdictions but it is not only the fault of the scientific community. Prosecutors, police departments, investigators, and forensic scientists all share responsibility for this ...

Contemporary law enforcement has greatly expanded its ability to solve crimes by the adoption of forensic techniques and procedures [1]. Today, crimes often can be solved by detailed examination of the crime scene and analysis of forensic evidence [2]. The work of forensic scientists is not only crucial in criminal investigations and prosecutions, but is also vital in civil litigations, major m...

Although child abuse and neglect continue to appear in the medical literature frequently, little regarding scene investigation in such cases has been discussed. Many explanations have been offered for this deficit, the most common one is based on the time delay between infliction of the injury and discovery. At the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, child-abuse cases submitted for consultatio...

Criminal traces commonly found at crime scenes may present mixtures from two or more individuals. The scene of the crime is important for the collection of various types of traces in order to find the perpetrator of the crime. Thus, we propose that hematophagous mosquitoes found at crime scenes can be used to perform genetic testing of human blood and aid in suspect investigation. The aim of th...

Determination of the type and origin of biological samples found at crime scenes can provide important clues for crime scene reconstructions by supporting a link between sample donors and actual criminal acts. The presence of certain body fluids can be used as excellent indicators of the sequence of events which occurred. For example, blood stains can indicate some form of physical struggle, as...