Reflection

For the past term in Forensics class, we have been learning everything that would lead up to the point that we create our own crime scene in a miniature version. We learnt about blood spatter patterns, fingerprints and DNA profiling. My group and I decided that we would make ours in a small shoebox with a road lengthening out from one side to the other. We created a crime scene sketch before we did anything else to plan out our work. If I were to do it again I would work more together as a group instead of doing everything separately. Later on, I did an autopsy report not getting too much into detail though. We created a presentation about the crime (Highway to Hell) We had to create a title with a pun in it. Our deceased body is made out of green felt, therefore the name "Mr. Green."

Murder Scene - group project write up.

"Highway to hell": A mid-age man was found dead on the side of the road. With hardly any information about this deceased man Police only have found his last name "Mr. Green." Witnesses describe the collide as somehow accidental. Other drivers claimed they saw someone walking around the roads carelessly just under an hour before the body was found. On the body, there were tire tracks with gashes of blood on him. The police assume he was run over. The tire tracks folding across his body are also trailing down the road for 1km. The location has been blocked off where the man's body still lays as police investigate the situation further. 

Shoe~Footprint Analysis

Shoe/Footprint analysis is analyzing a shoe/footprint. You can analyze a shoe by the design/patterns on the soul of the shoe there can be many types of designs on a shoe print eg. circles, lines, or both. Forensic Scientists can also figure out what shoe they are by the different arches, the length or width of the shoe/foot, the shape, and if it is worn. 

If you were a forensic scientist you would be looking at all the different types of evidence explained in the paragraph before, you would look at the size- because some sizes can be different, you would look at the arch and if the shoe has been worn in then you can compare between the two or more different shoes. 

Recording footprints is simple. You can use a mold to have the shape of the shoe from the ground then the Forensic Scientist washes off the excess dirt from the mold. They do this so you can analyze and find out who's footprint is who's; this can be used as evidence to figure out who committed the crime. 

What would you be looking for to help you decide who's shoe is which? 

- If you had two different shoes with two different people that had different heights, obviously there would be different shoe sizes and you could quickly figure it out by that, and from the first paragraph, I explain the different ways of analysis for shoes. 

Forensic

Forensic Science   

Forensic Science is applying scientific knowledge to law. Definition of Forensics: “Forensics is the use of scientific techniques and evidence to solve crimes is used in the legal system.”  Forensic scientists collect and preserve evidence then analyze it to help solve an investigation into the crime their jobs can vary from murder scenes to drug busts all over the country. 

We need Forensic Scientists to figure out and investigate to prove who did the crime; they collect, preserve, and genetically identify evidence from the crime scene and see if there is a match. You can find evidence in Fingerprints, Hair, Skin follicles, Blood, Footprints, and more. Genetically identifying fingerprints were discovered by Sir Alec Jeffreys.

Genetic Profiling is figuring out the DNA’s code to see if it matches up with the person. Everyone has a genetic code and each code is different. DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid is the instruction to make up nearly every cell in your body. There are four types of DNA, adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine these four types make up your DNA. Genes are a segment of DNA.

To be a forensic Scientist you need to be observant / an eye for detail to have an open mind by being observant as a scientist helps Forensic Scientists to identify and find as many clues as possible to figure out the criminal offender to do the best work they possibly can.  

Forensics Scientists are really important to have in our society because they know the scientific truth behind the crime. Deoxyribonucleic acid makes the connection between genetically profiling so the truth is pushed further out and their mind as well.