Crime scene serves as the starting point for forensic science and can generate valuable data that must bemeticulously, methodically, scientifically, lawfully gathered. If crime is not handled appropriately,it become misleading render crucial information useless, leading to an investigation on wrong path.Forensic has undergone a revolution thanks use of DNA technologies. Many times, due theinves...

Deaths due to firearms are some of the interesting and contentious cases that a forensic pathologist/autopsy surgeon encounters in his practice. Whenever there is 'ambiguity' regarding the nature or sequence of events any unnatural deaths including those caused by firearms the practice of visiting crime scene should be encouraged especially in a country like India where autopsy surgeons often n...

When no bloodstains are found by visual inspection in crime scene investigations the chemiluminescence (CL) produced in the luminol test for blood is a useful aid. The complex reactions that give rice to the bluegreen CL are facilitated by the catalytical activity of the hemoglobin in blood. The luminol test has a high sensitivity compared to other forensic blood tests. However it has a limited...

The success rate of diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis is lowered by inhibitory substances present in the samples. Recently, we showed that tolerance to PCR inhibitors in crime scene saliva stains can be improved by replacing the standard DNA polymerase AmpliTaq Gold with alternative DNA polymerase-buffer systems (Hedman et al., BioTechniques 47 (2009) 951-958). Here we show th...

The criminal profiling technique, developed in the second half of last century, has proved to be a useful resource as an investigative especially when conventional techniques have not been productive and is closely associated with Behavioral Sciences Forensic Criminology, being used direct investigate by reducing number suspects crime. Among various methodologies available, Crime Scene Analysis...

Methods for chemical enhancement of muddy footwear impressions were compared in order to differentiate between utilisation at the scene of crime, the local (regional) police laboratory and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI)