Forensic Science

If anyone knows me well, then they know that I love watching C.S.I.Here's a link to the tv show's site http://www.darkhorizons.com/tv/csi.php So I decided to try and read the C.S.I. books, the last one I read was called Sin City, it takes place in Las Vegas. But I'll start with giving you guys some research on crime scene investigation first.Here is the definition of forensic science from wikipedia "Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system."In other words it is about using science to prove things in the legal system.

I think my favorite part of forensic science is impression evidence, such as fingerprinting, and shoe marks. Scientists compare the ridges of the skin on fingertips, palms, and toes to determine if the print is matched with a person, or to identify a person.The earliest fingerprint used for determining identity was in the 7th century from a lender to a person he was lending to. There's a lot of subcategories of forensic science. Another one that I think is interesting is forensic anthropology, using the skeleton of a human to determine information. Some people have posted about the effect of drugs, and that has it's own category, forensic toxicology, to study the effects of drugs and poisons. Forensic toxicologists can use blood, urine, and even your hair to determine if you have done drugs, and approsimately when.

When I was looking up this information I found this link to see how much you know about forensic science, I thought it was pretty cool, I didn't know as much as I thought I did!http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz761538ba5c0.html