Forensics

AFIS is a biometric identification system which uses the digital imaging technology to obtain, store and process the fingerprint data. AFIS has the ability to classify, match and store fingerprints and palm prints from both criminal and applicant records. Development of AFIS has brought the revolution in the field of forensic ...

Wildlife forensic is the field responsible for scientifically examining, evaluating and identifying the evidence found at the wildlife crime scene. It is applied usually at the places where the animals are killed for trade, trafficking or personal enjoyment. Forensics plays a crucial role in curtailing the wildlife trade and human-wildlife conflicts. ...

Facial reconstruction is a method of recreating the face of an individual from their skeletal remains. The process involves the combination of the osteology, anatomy, anthropology and artistry methods. Facial reconstruction is usually used in the field of archaeology and forensic identification. In archaeology, it is used to create three-dimensional visual ...

Agrochemical poisons are the chemical substances used in agriculture to get rid of the various pests that harm the crops. These are now called pesticides. “Pesticides” are named because of their nature to kill various pests (insects, fungus, rodents, weeds, etc.) that are harmful for the crops. It is an umbrella ...

Soil is a biogeochemical material found on the outermost layer of earth’s crust. It is composed of various layers where the distribution of constituents is not uniform. The heterogeneous nature of the soil is due to the variation in weathering, climatic and anthropogenic factors which vary with respect to distance. That’s ...

Animal poisons are considered as the organic irritant poisons. A number of animals present in nature are poisonous which possess toxic substances in them for their self defense from the predators. The poisons present in such animals is a result of natural selection for their survival. There are certain animal species ...

Identification is the key point for forensic analysis. There are many characteristics of human beings that are considered unique and important from the view point of forensics for the purpose of identification. Lip prints are one of those which are unique to an individual, similar to fingerprints, footprints and palm prints. ...

Footprints are the chance prints left by the perpetrator at the crime scene. They are the impressions of the friction ridges found on the sole of the foot of human beings, that get imprinted on the surface on which the person has walked. The impressions formed are the result of Locard’s ...

Gait pattern refers to the pattern of walking of an individual person. This pattern is unique to each individual and is included in the forensic identification. Gait pattern analysis is a sort of tracking technique which is helpful in elucidating a lot of information about a person. This is studied under ...

There are a lot of evidences present in varied quantities at a crime scene. They can be in abundant amount like a pool of blood in case of murders, while in some cases the evidence may present in small quantity like soil samples, semen sample, etc. The evidence present at the ...

Plant poisons are the toxic substances possessed by the plants and known as phytotoxins and the study of poisoning by plants is called phytotoxicology. Most of the plant poisons are organic irritant poisons and are considered as vegetable poisons. However, there are certain species of toxic plants which act as neurotoxic, ...