Forensic science in Ghana: A review

A Review of Forensic Science Management Literature.

The science in forensic science has received increased scrutiny in recent years, but interest in how forensic science is managed is a relatively new line of research. This paper summarizes the literature in forensic science management generally from 2009 to 2013, with some recent additions, to provide an overview of the growth of topics, results, and improvements in the management of forensic s...

Book Review: Digital Crime and Forensic Science in Cyberspace

Forensic science.

Jose R. Almirall, MSFS Graduate Program Director and Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director, IFRI Bruce McCord, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry and Associate Director, IFRI Anthony P. (Tony) DeCaprio, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director, Forensic Science Certificate Program Kenneth Furton, Provost and Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Kevin McElFre...

Dental Profiling in Forensic Science

Forensic sciences include a wide spectrum of different disciplines, which are applied individually or collectively in order to obtain answers to questions within a legal context. A forensic dentist can reliably establish the identity of an individual by analysing the teeth and the oral cavity. The study of teeth and the surrounding tissues of the oral cavity for the purpose of establishing the ...

DNA Profiling in Forensic Science

The discovery of hypervariable minisatellite deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by Jeffreys and co-workers in 1985 provided forensic scientists with a means of discriminating between individuals that was many orders of magnitude greater than the traditional methods used before that date. Probably themost important forensic application of DNA profiling is in the identification of rapists. The original ...