does toxicology help solve crime? does it help identify who did it?
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Toxicology is proven its value in solving crimes.\nAs the word 'toxic' impies and is refernce to a venom which usually is deadly to the human body.\nOnce a toxicology result is confirmed it will be for the reasons that the lab tests have identified a particular toxic agent in a dead body.\nThis finding may pinpoint the cause and method of death and which may be linkable to the perpetrator.\nHope this is close enough.  Jose
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Coroners are regularly called upon by police and crime scene invstigators to determine predicted time and cause of death, for example, and in their medical report can sometimes be required to use mathematical formulae to prove how they came to their conclusion, including decomposition and taking factors including flesh consumption by certain types of bugs into account. Within the formulae, they may take on algebraic symbolic representations for presentation purposes to authorities, including the court.
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Crime Scene Investigations (Forensics)
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It can be linked to exposure to chemicals and various toxins.
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Every person in the world has unique genetic code.  This code is present in all cells.  So if criminals are arrested and their genetic fingerprints put on record, then if they commit another crime, they can be identified by any blood, saliva, etc. that they leave behind.  That way, we're not limited by needing to get an actual thumbprint on the scene of the crime - any bodily fluid or tissue will do.  And the genetic match, if done right, is extremely accurate.
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3 is the statement which is not representative of the true operation of forensic science.\n\nWhile most police departments do indeed have forensic investigation laboratories, forensic science is not used only by the prosecution.  A defense attorney that completely ignored forensic evidence or ignored forensics that cleared their client would not be a very effective defense attorney.\n\nThe defense can, and does, hire forensic scientists as expert witnesses to refute the testimony of the prosecution.
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It depends what area of Forensic Science you wish to specialize in.  If you were to become an expert in ballistics, for example, then a degree in Physics should be your choice.  For things like toxicology or pathology, then a degree in chemistry/medicine would be in order.
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Points of Interest:\n\n1.) TRIPLE MAXIMUM LETHAL DOSE EVEN FOR SEVERE ADDICTS: At least three days after his death, Kurt Cobain's blood contained 1.52 milligrams of morphine per litre (mg/L) plus traces of a "diazepam-like" substance. This level is widely known to represent three times the lethal dose of heroin, but it is not commonly understood that this level is three times the lethal dose even for severe heroin addicts. Generally, a blood morphine level of 0.5mg/L is caused by 75 mg - 80 mg of heroin, the established maximum lethal dose, even for severe addicts. A blood level of 1.52 mg/L generally indicates an original dose of approximately 225 mg - 240 mg of heroin. \n\n2.) INCAPACITATED OR DEAD BEFORE GUNSHOT: Large overdoses of heroin by heroin addicts are a phenomenon which is well understood. Research clearly shows that an overdose in the range of that received by Cobain would lead to immediate and complete incapacitation and/or immediate death. \n\n3.) OTHER FACTORS ENSURED OVERDOSE LETHALITY: The 1.52 mg/L blood morphine level does not compensate for the presence of diazepam, or Cobain's low body weight, both of which are well proven to substantially increase the lethality of the heroin. \n\n4.) CASE UNPARALLELED IN SUICIDE & OVERDOSE REPORTS: A review of 3586 suicides, including 760 violent suicides, shows no case involving both a gun and narcotic overdose of any kind, supporting theories regarding the absence or extreme rarity of violent suicide among addicts. \n\n5.) CASE CONSISTENT WITH HOMICIDE PATTERNS: A review of cases involving homicides shows many similarities with patterns in the Cobain case. \n\n6.) OTHER EVIDENCE INDICATES HOMICIDE: Officially acknowledged evidence exists which indicates the possibility of homicide, including a misleading missing persons report, postmortem credit card usage, handwriting discrepancies on the "suicide" note, and the lack of legible fingerprints on the weapon. It appears the police were prejudicially in favour of a suicide ruling, and that the coroner was involved in a conflict of interest predisposing him towards this major discrepancy in the evaluation of his findings. \n\n7.) CONCLUSION: HOMICIDE: The evidence indicates that a massive intravenous dose of heroin, and possibly a benzodiazepine, was administered to Cobain. The final of the two known injections incapacitated and/or killed Cobain, and the gunshot is evidence of a homicide staged to look like a suicide. The case should be re-opened by an independent investigatory body.
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It helps you establish a pattern of behavior, an 'M.O.' for the suspect.  For example, if they had been stealing cars, wouldn't it be easier to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he was guilty, since he had done it before.  Is it just coincidental that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time 2 times?
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Ok, first... I am a forensic toxicologist.  I want to discourage you from this field.  Thanks to shows like CSI, people are flocking like pigeons to this field.  It won't be long before you can't find a job.  Now, second... they make Police wages (HORRIBLE).  Unless you are the Big Boss, high school teachers make more.  Third, you are a high profile testifier at court cases.  This means that you make a great target for revenge killing.\n\nNow, how to do it.  Get a B.S. in Biology or Chemistry.  In Biology, focus on Cellular.  In Chemistry, focus on Analytical.  If you stop here, go work at McDonald's... you will make more.  Now it is off to an M.S. in Biochemistry.  Don't get the Forensics degree.  A person with a forensics degree is stuck in that job.  The higher ups know that a person with a forensics degree can't go anywhere else and therefore has no choice but to accept low pay.  Therefore, the higher ups know a biochemist is worth more money to keep them around.  Now, you can get a decent job.  Go ahead and get one.  Once you have your job, go back to college and finish up PhD work in a particular field you enjoy.
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Anywhere a crime has been committed.
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Yes.\n\nUltimately, a murder investigation focused on David Roland Waters[4], who had worked as an office manager and typesetter for American Atheists and who had previous convictions for violent crimes and also one for stealing $50,000 from the organization. Police concluded that he and his accomplices had kidnapped the O'Hairs, forced them to withdraw the missing funds, and then murdered them. Waters eventually pled guilty to reduced charges. Subsequently, in January 2001, Waters informed the police that the O'Hairs were buried on a ranch in Texas, and gave them the exact location of the ranch and the bodies. When the police excavated there, they discovered that the O'Hairs' bodies had been cut into dozens of pieces with a saw. The remains exhibited such extensive mutilation and successive decomposition that identification had to be made through dental records, by DNA testing, and in Madalyn O'Hair's case, by her prosthetic hip.
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"Forensics" is a very broad term that just means analytical (generally used in reference to crime scene analysis).  Thus, when looking for information on a Forensic Science you shouldn't just type in "Forensics," because you'll get everything from psychology to odontology.  This site is dedicated to Forensic Chemistry, or analytical chemistry, applied to crime scene analysis.  This would generally include bomb fragment analysis and various other types of chemical residue analysis. \n\nForensic Chemistry and Toxicology generally concerns the detection and characterization of poisons or toxins exhibiting adverse physiological effects. Laboratory methods used in chemical toxicological analysis cover a wide range and may be broadly classified as follows: (1) physical tests (2) crystal tests (3) chemical spot tests (4) spectrophotometric tests (5) chromatographic tests.\n\nThis website should be a great resource: http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=vc2%5C3wk%5Cwk3_forensics.html
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Never heard of deadly conduct , but if you have the cause number you should be able to just go to the webpage of the county he/she was locked up or arrested in and get all the details.
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I agree wholeheartedly, but for some reason, many people, especially people in legislatures, think that drugs are the worst thing ever. I think it's absolutely absurd that someone who actually killed someone could theoretically get less time than most people do for dealing drugs.
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For your survey, are you asking about murder in general or a specific crime? Homicide as apposed to manslaughter?
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The use of DNA Profiling in Forensic Science was pioneered by Professor Alec Jeffreys at Leicester University (Germany) In an investigation into the murders of two girls in Narborough between 1983 and 1986 Jeffreys used DNA Profiling and the suspect Colin Pitchfork was convicted in 1988 of the murders.