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A 4 page emphasis on the importance of forensic science in the criminal justice process. This paper explores the role of the popular media in shaping the general public’s understanding of forensics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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by the popular media. In some ways these depictions actually aid the publics understanding of forensics and their importance in law enforcement and criminal justice. In other ways,
however, the popular medias depiction of forensic science leaves the public with misperceptions and unrealistic expectations in terms of how the forensic process is a part of criminal justice.
As more than one trial attorney has acknowledged, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Despite the many misperceptions surrounding it, forensic
science is an invaluable tool in the criminal justice system. Translated from its Latin root, forensics means "court of law". The idea is that the evidence that is
obtained utilizing the forensic process must be sound enough to withstand scrutiny in the court room. To meet this criteria, data must not only be carefully collected and analyzed,
its integrity must be insured at all points of the collection and analytical processes. If there is the slightest possibility that the evidence could have been compromised then it
no longer holds any value in the criminal justice process. Maintaining an impeccable chain of evidence, therefore, is critical. The security surrounding physical evidence is just as important
as the security surrounding the criminals themselves from a forensic perspective at least. The forensic process is, of course, hardly new. Indeed,
it stretches back into ancient times. Twenty-first century forensics, however, are exponentially more complex than forensic capabilities of even just a few decades ago. The discipline has evolved
from noting similarities of footprints left behind at a crime scene to those of a suspect to using such parametric techniques as fingerprinting and DNA analysis to conclusively demonstrate either
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