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This dimension names the specific kind of evidence a forensic discipline actually examines, DNA, fingerprints, ballistics or digital data. Wikipedia notes that forensic science covers "the analysis of DNA, fingerprints, bloodstain patterns, firearms, ballistics, toxicology, microscopy, and fire debris analysis." Browsing this way collects every discipline that examines the same kind of evidence.

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1. Forensic Science (Wikipedia)
Forensic science, History, Origins of forensic science and early methods subsection
Quote, Forensic science, History, Origins of forensic science and early methods subsection
The first written account of using medicine and entomology to solve criminal cases is attributed to the book of Xi Yuan Lu (translated as Washing Away of Wrongs), written in China in 1248 by Song Ci.
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