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Forensics |
By: Tatjana Vejnovic and Phil Thatcher |
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Welcome to our website. This submission to the Teen Biotech Challenge focuses on Forensic Science, and how Biotechnology is being used every day in forensics. We hope you find this site both informative and interesting. We have broken information down into five catagories which can be reached from the Navigation Menu on the left of this page. Once again, welcome to our site and please enjoy your stay. |
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| Definition: Forensic Science or Medical Jurisprudence, also called forensics, is the application of science to law. Forensic science uses highly developed technologies to uncover scientific evidence in a variety of fields. |
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| Overview: Modern forensic science has a broad range of applications. It is used in civil cases such as forgeries, fraud, or negligence. It can help law-enforcement officials determine whether any laws or regulations have been violated in the marketing of foods and drinks, the manufacture of medicines, or the use of pesticides on crops. It can also determine whether automobile emissions are within a permissible level and whether drinking water meets legal purity requirements. Forensic science is used in monitoring the compliance of various countries with such international agreements as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Chemical Weapons Convention and to learn whether a country is developing a secret nuclear weapons program. However, forensic science is most commonly used to investigate criminal cases involving a victim, such as assault, robbery, kidnapping, rape, or murder. |
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A forensic team collecting evidence at a crime scene. |
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