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GCSE History · key term
The use of scientific methods to examine evidence connected with a crime, such as fingerprints, blood or DNA.
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Paper 1
Revise: Developments in Modern Policing and Law EnforcementForensic science gave investigators evidence beyond witness accounts, interviews and information supplied by the public. In 1901, a fingerprint branch was established at New Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police headquarters. Fingerprints left at a crime scene could be compared with those of a suspect, helping connect a person with a place or object.
Paper 1
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Forensic science uses scientific methods to examine evidence connected with a crime. It gave investigators additional ways to identify suspects rather than relying only on witnesses or confessions.