Forensic Science

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Forensics is the application of a wide variety of scientific methods and techniques in the investigation of a crime and establishing evidence in a court of law. The term forensic derives from Latin adjective forensis, meaning of or before the forum as in ancient Rome persons accused of a criminal charge were required to present the case before a group of public individuals in the forum. Today, the term forensic are effectively used as synonyms for legal or related to courts . Learn more about the forensic science, its history and the various techniques used by law enforcement authorities to solve crimes, such as fingerprinting, ballistics, DNA profiling, trace evidences, bloodstain pattern analysis among others, in this book.