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Forensic science

Sherlock Holmes, the fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was, in fact, the inspiration for forensic science. Decades later, the comic strip, Dick Tracy also featured the detective using a considerable number of forensic methods although sometimes the methods were more fanciful. The popular television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation depicts a glamorized version of the activities of forensic scientists.

Ballistics

• Criminalistics
• Forensic evidence
• Forensic anthropology
• Forensic pathology
• Forensic odontology
• Forensic toxicology
• Canine forensics
• Forensic genetics
• Computer forensics
• Textile forensics
• Forensic entomology
• Forensic palynology
• Forensic engineering
• Forensic accounting
• Forensic psychiatry
• Questioned document examination
• Serology
• Forensic palaeology -- see diplomatics

See also

Individual events, Debate (forensics, as in speech or debate competitions)

Further reading

• Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers. Michael Baden, M.D., former New York City Medical Examiner, and Marion Roach. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-684-86758-3
• Crime Science: Methods of Forensic Detection. Joe Nickell and John F. Fischer. University Press of Kentucky, 1999. ISBN 0813120918.