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Scientific Disciplines

Casework List of Disciplines at The Forensic Institute

eclipseWe are able to provide assistance for a range of scientific disciplines and expert evidence types, including those listed below.

If there are other areas in which expert assistance is required, please contact us for additional information.

A
Alcohol
Amylase
Anthropology
Arson
Asphyxia
Assault

B
Ballistics
Bayesian statistics
Biological identification
Biological stains
Bite marks
Blood
Blood alcohol
Blood pattern analysis
Body fluids
Bombs
Burns
Burned bodies

C
Cartridge discharge residue (CDR/FDR)
CCTV
Comparisons
Computers
Contamination
Continuity
Crime scene investigation

D
Damage
Digital evidence
DNA

Low Copy Number (LCN)

Low Template (LTDNA)

Mitochondrial

Mixed profile

No statistics

Partial profile

Transfer

Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
Drowning
Drugs
Drug analysis
Drugs on money

E
Entomology
Evidence collection
Evidence interpretation and evaluation
Explosions
Eye witness identification

F
Familial searches / kinship
Fibre analysis
Fingerprints
Firearms
Fires
Footwear marks

G
Glass
Gunshot residue (GSR/FDR)
Gunshot wounds

H
Hair
Handwriting
Histology

HIV

I
Identification
Immunological markers
Impressions
Inks
Insects
Interpretation
Illicit drug analysis    

L
Laboratory accreditation
Laboratory error
Laser speed cameras

M
Marks
Material failure
Materials testing
Medicine
Method validation
Microbiology
Microscopy
Mitochondrial DNA
Mixed DNA

N
Non-accidental head injury (NAHI)

O
Odontology

P
Paediatrics
Paediatric pathology
Paedophile images
Paint
Palynology
Paternity testing
Pathology
Physical fit
Photographs
Poison
Post mortem
Presumptive tests
Principles of interpretation

R
Radioactivity

S
Saliva
Sampling
Scene examination
Semen analysis
Sexual abuse
Sexual assault
Shaken baby syndrome
Soil
Speaker recognition
Statistics
Sudden death
Swab collection and examination

T
Terrorism
Time of death
Toolmarks
Toxicology
Trace evidence
Traffic fatalities
Transfer and persistence of DNA
Trauma

U
Uranium

V
Validation
Vehicle examination

W
Weapons
Wounds

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