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This project allowed us to put everything we learned in forensics into one assignment. We had observational skills and the processing of a crime scene when Ace investigates the scene and the crime scene technician studies the evidence. We had hair analysis when the crime scene technician found the hair inside the hat. And we … Continue reading Ace, P.I.

The analysis of hair is a very useful tool for forensics. Any remaining hair can be studied and one can determine the type of animal it came from. In this lab we compared dog, cat, and human hair. The dog hair tended to be thicker and had diagonal lines going down the hair. The cat … Continue reading Hair Evidence Lab

In this lab, we looked at the differences between wool, cotton, rayon, nylon, and polyester. We first looked at each fabric under the microscope and observed their weave pattern and filament count. We did not see much of a trend in their weave patterns, but we did notice that the natural fabrics tended to have … Continue reading Fabric Lab