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Hello everyone, I usually lurk about in the Forensic Science forum, but I thought I'd let people know that due to popular requests by friends, I started doing CSI episode reviews. I do my reviews mostly looking at the good and the bad portrayals of the scientific testing performed in each...

Below is a case scenario designed to make the reader think along the lines of a forensic scientist. Feel free to ask additional questions, if you think they might help.

You know you are headed to court to be part of a dog and pony show when as a result of your exhaustive analysis of the physical evidence in the case, you have basically nothing salient to report. Such was the case for me recently. It was a homicide case, where the defense was claiming it was a...

Ever wonder why the people complain about how inefficient government is? Well let me tell you a tale… I get a call one day from a secretary at a city prosecutor’s office asking me if I got a subpoena for a case that afternoon. I replied I had, but was going to wait until I got a call that I...

Crime Lab Evolution The old crime lab "black-box" model is quickly being destroyed by the new "open to inspection" forensic laboratory. There are a few reasons. The first of which is that as television shows popularize forensics through dramatized accounts loosely based on factual premises...

When considering a career in forensics, be sure to take a class in public speaking. doing the analysis is one thing, but if you can not intelligently explain your findings to a jury you might as well have not done any of the work to begin with. Also be prepared to spend a lot of time outside a...

The Anatomy of a Criminal Investigation There are three major parts to a criminal investigation, all three are popularized in television shows. The first part is the investigation of the crimes after the crime. The second part is the scientific analysis of evidence gathered during the...