The purpose of this group is to encourage the exchange of ideas and information within the forensic sciences by improving contacts between people in the field.
What equipment or technique do you think is the most valuable tool for collecting or analyzing evidence from a crime scene? How is it used to analyze evidence?
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Greetings! I am new to teaching Forensic Chemistry. We currently offer a 2-credit hour lecture course and I am considering increasing this to a 3-credit hour course. I was curious: how many of the professors on this forum that currently teach a Forensic Chemistry course offer a laboratory course as well (either integrated with the lecture or as a separate course)?
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Forensic medicine can help infer the cause of death of the deceased through anatomical examination, tissue biopsy examination, and poison examination. For some deceased patients, the drugs or drug residues in their bodies can be tested to infer the types of drugs they have taken, and then whether the disease is the cause of death. The use of drug & metabolite standards can be used for rapid qualitative testing through the instrument and shorten the identification time. I would like to know how to choose the right standards.
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There's a great review of the recently released movie Contagion in C&EN. Did you see the movie? What you do think, did the film's producers get the science right?
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What do you think are among the biggest misconceptions about forensic chemistry that are portrayed in the entertainment industry? Share your favorite examples of forensic fallacies. Also, let us know when they got it right.
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