Forensics Questions

Discussion in 'Forensic Science' started by Alyssa, Jan 1, 2002.

  1. Dizzney

    Dizzney Moderately Insane Moderator

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    Re: What's the liquid used on the cotton swab?

    Moved this to the questions thread. and to Answer...
    From Kastle-Meyer test
     
  2. Forensic Artist

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    I know that they use forensic experts, but I do know there can be a bit of artistic license taken. That's fine, it's entertainment. But, I remember a CSI NY episode where they did a facial reconstruction, and they used a real forensic artist But the reconstruction was like a portrait of the victim, and that just can't happen in real life. We still don't know enough about the skull-to-soft tissue relationship to make them exact.
     
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  3. Mrs. Sanders

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    Re: What's the liquid used on the cotton swab?

    I was posting the same thing as Dizzney... editing it now...

    See that's one of the few things they do bad at CSI, since it's only an ORIENTATIVE test (they use it as confirmation)
     
  4. CSI17

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    Okay, call me dumb, but is it blood spatter or blood splatter?

    And if it is one of the two, what's the difference?

    Forgive my stupid-ness. :confused:
     
  5. _Hush_

    _Hush_ Winchester Inc.

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    I think splatter are big enough drops to leave a smear and spatter are small drops of blood.
     
  6. CSI17

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    Hmm, you have a point, Hush. :) Thanks for sharing!
     
  7. eggbe4thechicken

    eggbe4thechicken Pathologist

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    Splatter is what the lay person calls blood spatter. Blood spatter is the term used to describe what happens to blood on impact, or injury, etc.
     
  8. A. FineLabrats

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    Sort of not a forensic question, but related to the lab. Is there actually such a thing as a PEAP counsellor? I tried to find it online but they only seem to mention it on CSI. Is there a real name for it? What do they do and why are they mentioned on the show?
     
  9. Entropia

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    Science don't teach you nothin'
     
  10. Dizzney

    Dizzney Moderately Insane Moderator

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    I actually think it does exist. I found this on the real LVMPD website.
    LVMPD Police Employees Assistance Program (P.E.A.P.)
     
  11. Geeno

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    Can someone tell me when (year) DNA testing was first used? I think it was mentioned on CSIs when they were dealing with cold cases and since DNA testing is now available they reopened some. I just can't remember the year.
     
  12. Raynn

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    The very first case solved using DNA was in 1986/87, in England. The first case in the USA was also in 1987.

    On CSI, in Sweet Jane, one of the former detectives says "In '89? We were just reading about DNA. The only lab in the country that was doing that stuff was the FBI."

    The first state lab in the US to do DNA testing was in Virginia, in 1989. Private labs were doing DNA testing in 1988.
     
  13. Geeno

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    Ah, Sweet Jane, I remember that episode. It was great and the dentist was creepy! Thanks a lot Raynn! :)
     
  14. ptl161

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    In the CSI: Miami episode "Internal Affairs", a man was killed from a blank at close range. Can the paper inside the shell casing really kill a person? I'm skeptical. Sure, the paper may have been going quickly from the gunpowder, but would it have enough inertia to travel through a guy's throat? Any input on this would be much appreciated :)

     
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  15. john bellamy

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    I'm finding this thread fascinating!

    I have a question too. In the case of a analysing a footprint ( not fingerprint ) what technique would be used? I have heard and seen various tecnhiques including filling up the the footprint with plaster.

    Happy crime solving!

    JB
     

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