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  2. Forensic glass analysis - Wikipedia

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    Forensic glass analysis is the application and analysis of glass to determine details about a crime. Glass evidence comes in many forms in various types of criminal cases. Glass can be analyzed to understand its origin using comparative analysis which may include measurements relating to physical match, refractive index, density and elemental analysi

  3. Trace evidence - Wikipedia

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    Trace evidence is found in many different forms with some examples including, but not limited, to fire debris, gunshot residue, glass fragments, and fibres. [2] Each of these types of evidence will have a trained analyst in that specific field who will conduct the analysis on these items.

  4. Locard's exchange principle - Wikipedia

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    Fragmentary or trace evidence is any type of material left at (or taken from) a crime scene, or the result of contact between two surfaces, such as shoes and the floor covering or soil, or fibres from where someone sat on an upholstered chair. When a crime is committed, fragmentary (or trace) evidence needs to be collected from the scene.

  5. Forensic materials engineering - Wikipedia

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    An important aspect is the analysis of trace evidence such as skid marks on exposed surfaces, where contact between dissimilar materials leaves material traces of one left on the other. Provided the traces can be analysed successfully, then an accident or crime can often be reconstructed.

  6. Outline of forensic science - Wikipedia

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    Trace evidence analysis is the analysis and comparison of trace evidence including glass, paint, fibers, hair, etc. Digital forensics – application of proven scientific methods and techniques in order to recover or investigate data from electronic or digital media, often in relation to computer crime.

  7. Forensic science - Wikipedia

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    Trace evidence analysis is the analysis and comparison of trace evidence including glass, paint, fibres and hair (e.g., using micro-spectrophotometry). Wildlife forensic science applies a range of scientific disciplines to legal cases involving non-human biological evidence, to solve crimes such as poaching, animal abuse , and trade in ...

  8. South Wales Joint Scientific Investigation Unit - Wikipedia

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    It specialises in analysis of drugs, glass, fingerprints, digital crime scenes, ballistics, trace evidence, and forensic samples. [1] The SWJSIU is based in Bridgend. [2] It is funded by and serves South Wales Police and Gwent Police, independent from the Forensic Science Service of England and Wales. [3]

  9. Forensic profiling - Wikipedia

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    Forensic profiling is the study of trace evidence in order to develop information which can be used by police authorities. This information can be used to identify suspects and convict them in a court of law. The term "forensic" in this context refers to "information that is used in court as evidence" (Geradts & Sommer 2006, p. 10). The traces ...