Criminalistics foundations and pattern evidence cover the umbrella discipline that examines physical evidence and the disciplines that read patterns. Forensic scientists apply scientific methods to criminal justice, focusing on the collection, examination and analysis of evidence, and the field helps identify perpetrators, solve crimes and protect public safety. The Department of Justice lists latent fingerprint examination, firearms and toolmarks examination and handwriting analysis among the common laboratory disciplines, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology groups its research under ballistics, fingerprints and pattern evidence, trace evidence, DNA, digital evidence and drugs and toxicology.
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United States Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy: Forensic Science
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latent fingerprint examination, firearms and toolmarks examination, handwriting analysis
National Institute of Standards and Technology: Forensic science
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Forensic scientists apply scientific methods to criminal justice, focusing on the collection, examination and analysis of evidence.
Edward Henry (police officer) (Wikipedia)
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He took up post in late May that year and on 1 July established the Metropolitan Police Fingerprint Bureau, a world first.
Wikipedia: Calvin Hooker Goddard
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In April 1925, Major Goddard established the Bureau of Forensic Ballistics in New York City with C. E. Waite, Philip O. Gravelle and John H. Fisher.
Wikipedia: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
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Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is a forensic discipline focused on analyzing bloodstains left at known, or suspected crime scenes through visual pattern recognition and physics-based assessments.
Wikipedia: Crime Reconstruction
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Crime reconstruction is the forensic science discipline in which one gains explicit knowledge of the series of events that surround the commission of a crime.
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