lunes, 19 de febrero de 2007

Murder we wrote..

Team's Name: Los Simpsons
Members:Juan Salvador-Forensic Scientist
Alejandra Barba-Journalist
José Alejandro-Media Expert
Luis Francisco-Math Expert

1. What is forensic science?
Science of solving crime and how it is related to law

2. What kind of evidence can be collected in a murder case?
1. Corporal evidence, that present in the body.2. Environmental and associated evidence, that present in the vicinity of the body.3. Anamnestic evidence, that based on the deceased's ordinary habits, movements, and day to day activities.

3. Why is important to determine the time of death?
Because the development of post mortem changes are strongly influenced by unpredictable endogenous and environmental factors and to find some suspects.

4. What methods are commonly used to find the time of death?
The rate method. Measuring the change produced by a process which takes place at a known rate which was either initiated or stopped by the event under investigation death. The change in body temperature, and the degree of putrefaction of the body.The concurrence method. Comparing the occurrence of events which took place at known times with the time of occurrence of the event under investigation, a watch stopped by a blow during an assault, the extent of digestion of the last known meal.

5. What factors are considered in Algor Mortis?
Temperature, environment, climate.

6. How does the environment affect the time of death?
By changing the temperature of the body time after the death, the bugs that decompose the body

7. What can you tell about the different methods of temperature reading of the body? Do they make a difference in the results?
Abdominal, oral, axillary, per rectum, and it can change a little the temperature but not to make any difference

1 comentario:

Ing. Linda Licon dijo...

Well... you did not do these entries on time... OK?