AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In criminal cases, forensic scientists are often involved in the search for and examination of physical traces that might be useful for establishing or excluding an association between someone suspected of committing a crime and the scene of the crime or victim.

Detailed explanation-2: -Forensic science establishes the identity of the culprit through personal clues like fingerprints, footprints, blood drops or hair. It links the criminal with the crime through objects left by him at the scene with the victim or carried from the scene and the victim.

Detailed explanation-3: -Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly-on the criminal side-during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal procedure.

Detailed explanation-4: -Forensic science plays an important role in the investigation of serious crimes. One of the first significant achievements in the field was the development of techniques for identifying individuals by their fingerprints.

Detailed explanation-5: -The work of a forensic scientist falls into three broad groups: field (collecting the evidence), laboratory and medical (analysing the evidence).