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this paper, the author will focus mainly about the character Dr. George Huang from the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and aspects of his job. This paper will also focus on a couple other factors of the show such as, running blood or fingerprints, and how they may or may not be handled the same way in real life. Dr. Huang is a Forensic Psychiatrist as well as a FBI special agent. This paper will focus on the Forensic Psychiatrist/ Psychologist part of Dr. Huang’s job. This paper will talk

of humans. In many cases the evidence may be invisible to the naked eye but these scientists can piece it all together. They are the people who use their skills to find the bad guys by using blood work, fingerprints, medicine, and in some rare cases drugs. First Analysts classify fingerprints into three

else on the planet (Barnes, 2012). The ridge patterns on the last joint of each person fingers, known as fingerprints grants each person the opportunity to be unique. Fingerprints have become a common means of identification around the world. Despite the popularity of fingerprint, there are a very few common misconceptions of about fingerprints, one being that every person is born with fingerprints. There are rare instants where people are simply born without these identification marks on the palms

committed a criminal act, the most positive means is through fingerprints. When we are born, our fingerprints stay with us until we die and our bodies start decomposing. To the human eye our fingerprints look the same, however, further investigation will show that each of us have a unique set of friction ridges that comprise our fingerprints and sets our identity apart from each other. At a crime scene, there are two different types of fingerprints that may be found. Patent prints are visible to the

for crime labs included the increase in specializations, such as fingerprint and handwriting

spectral cameras, new evidence always be discovered. The use of high definition cameras also play a huge part in a homicide investigation, taking photos before evidence collection is important to prevent the crime scene contamination or interference. Fingerprint traces, blood traces or DNA traces can be photographed so the scene can’t be manipulated. Software used for 3D reconstruction of crime scenes rely massively on these photograph for an accurate reconstruction of the scene. The report will later

As a crime scene fingerprint specialist you adhere to a variety of guidelines according to the department’s Standard Operating Procedures. When you come initially onto the murder scene, it has already been, cleared, secured, photographed, measured, sketched, and notes taken on the location of the evidence. This actually makes fingerprinting easier to accomplish correctly because the majority of difficult tasks associated with a murder scene has been completed. All non-movable items should be processed

History of Identification and Analysis Fingerprints have been used as a means of identification around the world for as early as 300 B.C. in China, 702 A.D. in Japan and introduced in the United States in around 1902 (Fingerprint sourcebook). A document called the “The Volume of Crime Investigation-Burglary,” describing the use of handprints as evidence originated in China. Back then, fingerprints were also used to seal documents and assign authorship (fingerprint sourcebook). While Sir William James

However, the chapters of this book are designed to specify accurate information in favor of Forensic Science and it’s different aspects. The chapter 6, I have chosen can be supportive to my research question. ‘How does classification system of fingerprint identification work?’ James E. Girard, the chief author of the book, has a lot experience in Chemistry and Forensic Science. He is chairperson of chemistry department at American University, Washington, DC. In addition, he has done PhD in the field

identifiers which are Physiological characteristics that consists of fingerprint, face recognition, DNA, palm print, hand geometry, iris recognition, odor/scent, etc. and Behavioral characteristics which consists for voice recognition, gait recognition, etc. In recent years, it has become more and more popular for biometrics to be used as an authentication tool (e.g. mobile phone passwords using fingerprint scan, room entries using fingerprint or iris scan, etc.) because it is believed to be more reliable