How Handwriting is Analyzed in Forensics: The Basics

Identification of handwriting is based on the fact that individual features of handwriting aid in distinguishing the writing pattern of different people. Similar to how no two people are alike, handwriting is also not the same in their combination of characteristics. However, each person has their own variation of each characteristic.  The process of systematic

Immunofluorescence

Immunofluorescence is a technique which is used in targeting specific biomolecules present in a cell by the effective use of fluorescent dyes and a fluorescence microscope. The technique is mostly used in the analysis and study of microbiological samples. It takes advantage of the exclusive specificity of antibodies to antigen and effective visual interpretations of these

Admissibility of Evidences in the Indian Courts

Physical evidences pertain to objects that establish a crime and aide in producing an effective connection between the perpetrator(s) and victim(s) to the crime itself. They are significant in judicial proceedings in proving the innocence and/or guilt of the defendant(s). These evidences include hair, glass, footprints, weapons, blood, clothes, documents, tool marks, gunpowder residues, paint,

Credit Card Fraud

Whenever fraud is committed using credit card or any other card, it is cumulatively classified as credit card fraud. Their aim may be to make use of the card for monetary transactions, obtain different services and comfort products.  The security system which plays a key role in preventing this is the PCI DSS i.e. Payment

Absence and/or Mutilation of Fingerprints

Fingerprints don’t change over a person’s lifespan although certain wounds and injuries may disrupt the dermal papillae that rest between the outer and inner dermis. Such wounds create scar tissue that forms over the epidermis thus disturbing the continuity and the unique fingerprint pattern of the person. This kind of mutilation is often executed deliberately

Speech Signal Processing & Pattern Recognition

Processing of a speech signal and its effective recognition of pattern starts with accurate analysis through Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Speech Understanding (SU), two subsystems of Speech Recognition System. This system in forensic cases is especially beneficial in recognising recordings of confession statements, illegal trading, trafficking etc. by transcribing the speech signals, interpreting them

Trust between Machines

Every relationship in this world runs on trust. Be it between traders who support each other through the rough seas or the teacher-student duo who rely on each other for imparting and accepting knowledge or even in the family that trust each other’s instincts and believe in their honesty. When humans benefit so much from

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a motor neuron disease in which the neurons responsible for controlling the voluntary muscle movements of body start to degenerate and ultimately die. This disease is progressive in nature and thus gradually worsens leading to difficulty in chewing, walking, talking etc. Motor neurons are those that