Ilmu forensik
Forensik (berasal dari bahasa Latin forensis yang berarti "dari luar", dan serumpun dengan kata forum yang berarti "tempat umum") adalah bidang ilmu pengetahuan yang digunakan untuk membantu proses penegakan keadilan melalui proses penerapan ilmu atau sains. Dalam kelompok ilmu-ilmu forensik ini dikenal antara lain ilmu fisika forensik, ilmu kimia forensik, ilmu psikologi forensik, ilmu kedokteran forensik, ilmu toksikologi forensik, ilmu psikiatri forensik, komputer forensik, dan sebagainya.
Tahap-tahap forensik diantaranya ialah sebagai berikut :
- Pengumpulan (Acquisition)
- Pemeliharaan (Preservation)
- Analisis (Analysis)
- Presentasi (Presentation)
Kedokteran forensik
Ilmu kedokteran forensik secara sederhana dapat didefinisikan sebagai penerapan ilmu kedokteran dalam penegakan keadilan. Secara garis besar ilmu ini dapatdibagi dalam tiga kelompok bidang ilmu, yaitu ilmu patologi forensik, ilmu forensik klinik, dan ilmu laboratorium forensik.
Referensi
- Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.
- Forensic Magazine – Forensicmag.com.
- Forensic Science Communications, an open access journal of the FBI.
- Forensic sciences international – An international journal dedicated to the applications of medicine and science in the administration of justice – ISSN 0379-0738 – Elsevier
- International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics
- "The Real CSI", PBS Frontline documentary, April 17, 2012.
- Baden, Michael; Roach, Marion. Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers, Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-684-86758-3.
- Bartos, Leah, "No Forensic Background? No Problem", ProPublica, April 17, 2012.
- Guatelli-Steinberg, Debbie; Mitchell, John C. Structure Magazine no. 40, "RepliSet: High Resolution Impressions of the Teeth of Human Ancestors".
- Haag, Michael G.; Haag, Lucien C. (2011). Shooting Incident Reconstruction: Second Edition. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-382241-3.
- Holt, Cynthia. Guide to Information Sources in the Forensic Sciences Libraries Unlimited, 2006. ISBN 1-59158-221-0.
- Jamieson, Allan; Moenssens, Andre (eds). Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-01826-2. Online version.
- Kind, Stuart; Overman, Michael. Science Against Crime Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-09249-0.
- Lewis, Peter Rhys; Gagg Colin; Reynolds, Ken. Forensic Materials Engineering: Case Studies CRC Press, 2004.
- Nickell, Joe; Fischer, John F. Crime Science: Methods of Forensic Detection, University Press of Kentucky, 1999. ISBN 0-8131-2091-8.
- Owen, D. (2000). Hidden Evidence: The Story of Forensic Science and how it Helped to Solve 40 of the World's Toughest Crimes Quintet Publishing, London. ISBN 1-86155-278-5.
- Quinche, Nicolas, and Margot, Pierre, "Coulier, Paul-Jean (1824–1890): A precursor in the history of fingermark detection and their potential use for identifying their source (1863)", Journal of forensic identification (Californie), 60 (2), March–April 2010, pp. 129–134.
- Silverman, Mike; Thompson, Tony. Written in Blood: A History of Forensic Science. 2014.
- Stanton G (2003). "Underwater Crime Scene Investigations (UCSI), a New Paradigm". In: SF Norton (ed). Diving for Science... 2003. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (22nd annual Scientific Diving Symposium). Diakses tanggal 2008-06-18.
- Starr, Douglas (2011). The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science. ISBN 978-0307279088.
Pranala luar
- Forensic Science di Curlie (dari DMOZ)
- Forensic educational resources