Forensic Science

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Forensic Science is the application of scientific knowledge to solve legal problems.

This can be anything from a common burglary through environmental protection to international arms control. In our increasingly regulated world science is becoming more and more intricately involved with civil and criminal law.

While it is by no means exclusively connected to criminal cases, it is the collection, examination and presentation of scientific evidence to solve crimes that is most familiar to the public as "forensic science". Using the very latest in technology, forensic scientists convert the clues collected from a crime scene into evidence admissible in a court of law.

Cartoon of detective looking at footprints

To find out more about forensic science follow the links;

Crime Scene to Court
Forensic Science Links

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