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Other Branches of Forensic Sciences

Forensic Dentistry
Deals with the collection, evaluation and proper handling of dental evidence in order to assist law enforcement officers and in civil & criminal proceedings. The role of such an expert is to identify bodies and skeletal remains from dental records, reconstruct faces from skulls as well as connect the crime scene with whatever little evidence is available from the scene.

Forensic linguists:
Forensic linguists analyse the content of written or oral communication to identify the culprit and they can determine whether two communications are from the same person. This is found useful in various cases involving matching notes and handwritten contents.

Dactyloscopy:
Dactyloscopy is the scientific study of fingerprints. Fingerprints is perhaps the most well known of the forensic sciences. It also involves the identification of fingerprints and their ability to categorically link suspects to or exclude suspects from a crime scene. It requires meticulous and painstaking efforts in gathering information about finger prints from the scene of crime.

Forensic Chemist:
Areas of work includes the detection and identification of illicit drugs, accelerants used in arson cases, explosive and gunshot residues, trace evidence, including paint, glass, polymers and fibres.

Forensic Engineer:
These experts deal with traffic accidents, fire investigations, and a variety of wrongful injury cases. Engineers are involved in failure analysis, accident reconstruction, causes and origins of fires or explosions etc.

Ballistics:
Ballistics is the study of the flight paths of projectiles. It also involves the determination of the angle and distance a gun was fired from to hit a specific target to recreate the crime scene and link suspects with crimes.

Forensic Entomology:
Forensic entomology is the application of the study of insects and to legal issues. The time of death, for example, can be determined using insect evidence gathered from and around a corpse. Various crime investigations have been successfully completed based on this vital piece of information.

Cytology:
Forensic entomology is the application of the study of insects and to legal issues. The time of death, for example, can be determined using insect evidence gathered from and around a corpse. Various crime investigations have been successfully completed based on this vital piece of information.

Forensic artists & sculptors:
Forensic artists can draw a likeness of a person based solely on eyewitness accounts. Modern techniques of computer animation are increasingly used in the process. Forensic sculptors can reconstruct faces, usually in modeling clay or on a computer from skulls or other fragments. The expertise may enable the police to find out who a person was when no other clues are available. This technique was found extremely useful in Mumbai blasts investigation where the face of the suspect who was allegedly killed in the blast was also reconstructed with the help of this technology.

Geology:
Forensic geologists can determine such things as where the suspect or victim walked by examining soil samples taken from their shoes or feet.

Forensic Serology:
Forensic serology is the study of blood groups, blood, and other bodily fluids for identification purposes following a crime. Forensic serologists also carry out DNA fingerprinting, which offers the possibility of positive identification of an individual from samples of blood or semen.