Concept information
Preferred term
forensic science
Definition
- Forensic science is a unique discipline in which the principles and techniques of the basic sciences (biology, chemistry, and physics) are used to analyze evidence, thereby retrieving information to help solve problems related to civil and criminal law. Forensic scientists may be employed by a public agency, such as a law enforcement department or a medical examiner's office, or they may work for private commercial laboratories. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Forensic Science]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- age determination
- ballistics
- criminalistics
- forensic anthropology
- forensic archaeology
- forensic dentistry
- forensic engineering
- forensic geology
- forensic medicine
- forensic nursing
- forensic pathology
- forensic psychiatry
- forensic psychology
- forensic science: laboratories
- forensic science: psychology
- forensic science training
- forensic toxicology
- geographic profiling
- linkage blindness
- medicolegal considerations
- motivation for murder
- predicting violent behavior
- profiling
- signature killers
- tissue analysis
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/forensic_science
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