10 Interesting Fact About Criminal justice and forensic science

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• DNA was first used as evidence in court in 1986 in a case of rape in the UK.
• In the 19th century, criminology was first recognized as a different field of study of law and psychology.
• Digital forensic is a new branch of forensics that check digital evidence such as text messages, emails, and computer files in crime investigations.
• Before the fingerprints, the police used a photo of the face of the perpetrators of the crime to identify them.
• Everyone has unique fingerprints, even identical twins.
• Technological advances have allowed the use of voice and video recordings as evidence in court.
• Forensic science comes from the Latin word forensis which means in public or in a court hearing.
• In 1892, a surgeon named Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was sentenced to death after forensic evidence showed that he was the perpetrator of the murder.
• Most modern forensic laboratories are equipped with mass spectrometer, which is used to analyze chemical samples to atomic levels.
• A forensic expert can identify the type of soil and fabric fiber from the scene of the case to help identify the perpetrators of crime.