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The Independent history of forensics
Forensic science, often shortened to forensics, is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action. Besides its relevance to a legal system, more generally forensics encompasses the accepted scholarly or scientific methodology and norms under which the facts regarding an event, or an artifact, or some other physical item (such as a corpse) are ascertained as being the case. In that regard the concept is related to the notion of authentication, where by an interest outside of a legal form exists in determining whether an object is what it purports to be, or is alleged as being.
In modern use, the term "forensics" in place of "forensic science" can be considered incorrect as the term "forensic" is effectively a synonym for "legal" or "related to courts". However, the term is now so closely associated with the scientific field that many dictionaries include the meaning that equates the word "forensics" with "forensic science".
On this history site you will find information relating to various types of forensic science and the history behind them. This information has been derived from a variety of sources such as the Forensic Science Service and Ipswich Hospital.
Types of forensics:
- Footprints
- Forensic accounting
- Forensic animation
- Forensic anthropology
- Forensic chemistry
- Forensic engineering
- Forensic facial reconstruction
- Forensic identification
- Forensic materials engineering
- Forensic polymer engineering
- Forensic profiling
- Forensic psychology
Further information: Forensic Science Society
