This document provides an introduction to forensic chemistry and toxicology. It discusses that forensic chemistry deals with applying chemical principles to solve legal problems. The key aspects covered include:
- The roles and responsibilities of forensic chemists, which include collecting evidence, examining it using techniques like chromatography, and testifying in court.
- The various types of evidence that can be analyzed, such as drugs, explosives, bodily fluids, and trace evidence.
- The steps of forensic chemical analysis, from collection to examination to reporting results.
- Important analytical techniques used, including HPLC, UV spectrophotometry, EMIT, SEM, and FTIR.
- The goals of forensic chemistry in expediting
Scope and significance of forensic chemistryNeha Agarwal
Forensic chemistry is the application of chemistry and its subfield, forensic toxicology, in a legal setting. A forensic chemist can assist in the identification of unknown materials found at a crime scene.[1] Specialists in this field have a wide array of methods and instruments to help identify unknown substances. These include high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, atomic absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thin layer chromatography. The range of different methods is important due to the destructive nature of some instruments and the number of possible unknown substances that can be found at a scene. Forensic chemists prefer using nondestructive methods first, to preserve evidence and to determine which destructive methods will produce the best results.
Along with other forensic specialists, forensic chemists commonly testify in court as expert witnesses regarding their findings. Forensic chemists follow a set of standards that have been proposed by various agencies and governing bodies, including the Scientific Working Group on the Analysis of Seized Drugs. In addition to the standard operating procedures proposed by the group, specific agencies have their own standards regarding the quality assurance and quality control of their results and their instruments. To ensure the accuracy of what they are reporting, forensic chemists routinely check and verify that their instruments are working correctly and are still able to detect and measure various quantities of different substances.
Scope and significance of forensic chemistryNeha Agarwal
Forensic chemistry is the application of chemistry and its subfield, forensic toxicology, in a legal setting. A forensic chemist can assist in the identification of unknown materials found at a crime scene.[1] Specialists in this field have a wide array of methods and instruments to help identify unknown substances. These include high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, atomic absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thin layer chromatography. The range of different methods is important due to the destructive nature of some instruments and the number of possible unknown substances that can be found at a scene. Forensic chemists prefer using nondestructive methods first, to preserve evidence and to determine which destructive methods will produce the best results.
Along with other forensic specialists, forensic chemists commonly testify in court as expert witnesses regarding their findings. Forensic chemists follow a set of standards that have been proposed by various agencies and governing bodies, including the Scientific Working Group on the Analysis of Seized Drugs. In addition to the standard operating procedures proposed by the group, specific agencies have their own standards regarding the quality assurance and quality control of their results and their instruments. To ensure the accuracy of what they are reporting, forensic chemists routinely check and verify that their instruments are working correctly and are still able to detect and measure various quantities of different substances.
It is the beginning point for obtaining evidence which will be used by the crime scene investigator and the forensic expert
A thorough investigation of the crime scene must be completed
Crime scene is basically a scene of occurrence of crime. It is a place where a particular crime has been committed.
It is starting point for the investigator.
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It is the beginning point for obtaining evidence which will be used by the crime scene investigator and the forensic expert
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2. CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION
Chemistry - is the science that deals with the properties, composition, and structure of substances such as elements
and compounds and the transformations they undergo, and the energy that is released or absorbed during these
processes.
Who is the Father of Chemistry?
ANS: ANTOINE LAVOISIER
3. • French chemist and leading figure in the 18th-century chemical revolution who
developed an experimentally based theory of the chemical reactivity of oxygen.
• Coauthored the modern system for naming chemical substances.
• Coined the oxygen as “dephlogisticated air”.
FATHER OF CHEMISTRY
4. • Defined as the branch of Chemistry that deals with application of chemical principles in
accordance to the crime.
• It plays a very important role in crimes for its speedy investigation and in administration of
justice.
• It is well-settled that this science has an advantage over an extracted confessions,
eyewitnesses and other circumstantial evidence.
• It is regarded as the highest form of uncontestable and conclusive piece of evidence with
the utmost legal significance.
• Forensic Chemist often called to render testimony in court.
• Why do you think that the say of a Forensic Chemist has a value?
• ANS: It convicts the guilty, as well as in clearing the innocent suspects, has long been
recognized not only in criminal investigation and detection but also in courts of law.
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
5. SCOPE
• Deals with the study and application of chemical principles in the solution of problem that arises
in connection with the administration of justice.
• Deals with application of chemistry in the identification of evidence, its physical and chemical
properties.
What can be the possible evidences?
ANS: It includes the collection, preservation, examination and study of blood, semen, and other
bodily fluids.
• It also includes the examination of dangerous drugs in the body. Such as liquors,
dangerous drugs (ecstasy, methamphetamine, etc.)
• Can also be used in examination of fake and original products for the fair competition.
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
6. • Other examples of examination includes: arson investigation, macro etching examination, bullet trajectory,
ultraviolet examination, Deoxyribonucleic Acid or the DNA Test.
• Tools and marks: gunshot residues such as gunpowder nitrates, paraffin test; distance determination and
firearms examination.
• Other objects that can be tested: Explosives, hair and textile fibers, chemical aspects of documents, glass
fragments, moulage, metallurgy and petrography as applied in crime investigation.
• For the Forensic Toxicology deals with examination of human internal organs, food samples, water and gastric
contents for the purpose of detecting the presence of poisonous substance, its dosage effects and treatment.
What do you think is the killers choice when it comes to the chemicals?
ANS: Arsenic
What do you think is the most toxic chemical in the periodic table?
ANS: Beryllium
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
7. FOUR STAGES OF THE PRACTICE OF FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
• Collection or preparation of the specimen
• Actual examination
• The communication of the result of the examination
• Court Appearance
COLLECTION OF THE SPECIMEN TO BE EXAMINED
• The proper collection, preservation and transportation of specimens are essential in the investigation of a crime.
• The chemist should be the one collecting the specimen.
FACTORS THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED WHEN COLLECTING SPECIMEN FOR EXAMINATION:
• Sufficiency of Samples
• Standard for comparison
• Maintenance of Individuality
• Labelling and Sealing
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
8. ACTUAL EXAMINATION OF THE SPECIMEN
• First step: scrutinize the specimen carefully, write all the necessary documents including the logbooks for the
attainment of complete description.
• Second step: measure or weigh the object and all the measurements and weights should be entered in the lab
book. The specimen should be placed in a proper container with complete label.
• Third step: examination itself which consist the chemical, physical and confirmatory test.
COMMUNICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION
• The results of the examination conducted should be communicated with the requesting party in the form of a
written report which must include an enumeration of facts.
COURT APPEARANCE
• The written report of the Forensic Chemist is usually supplemented by testimonial evidence in a later date if the
case if brought to court or the fiscals’ office. The testimonial evidence is usually given within a week, a month, or
even a year. So, the chemist should refresh his/her memory by referring to his laboratory record book before
presenting himself in court.
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
9. ROLE OF FORENSIC CHEMIST IN THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
• As a man of science, performs lab examinations on physical evidence submitted to the crime laboratory in order
to expedite the investigation of a crime by the investigating party.
RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE CHEMIST
• Conducts qualitative and quantitative determination of abused drugs as well as volatiles substances.
• Conducts chemical examination of explosives and or/ explosive ingredients.
• Conducts examination of paraffin cast and firearms to determine the presence of gunpowder nitrates.
• Conducts gunpowder examination on clothing for possible gunshot range.
• Conducts chemico-toxicological examination of human internal organs, gastric contents, blood, water, food
sample and other substances.
• Conducts examination of fake products in cases of unfair trade competition.
• Conducts blood alcohol determination.
• Examines urine samples and other blood fluids for the presence of abused drugs,.
• Conducts researches related to cases being examined.
• Testifies and gives expert opinion in court.
• Gives lectures on For.Chem and chemico-toxicology in various schools, universities, police and investigating
units.
• Responds to queries of all investigating units and render expert opinion on matters related to the application of
chemical principles for the purpose of assisting investigators to develop investigative leads.
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
10. SIX GOLDEN RULES IN THE PRACTICE OF FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
• Go slowly
• Be thorough
• Take notes
• Consult others
• Use imagination
• Avoid complicated theories
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
11. • HPLC (High Powered Liquid Chromatography –
used for the qualitative and quantitative
determination of a volatile or a non-volatile
substances based on the chromatographic
separation of its components.
• Ultra-Violet Spectrophotometer – used of
qualitative and quantitative analysis of organic
compounds.
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
12. • EMIT (Enzyme Multiple Immuno Assay Technique – used for
screening of abused urine samples.
• SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) – used for the physical
identification of various questioned specimens. A software-
controlled digital scanning electron microscope used to produce
sticking, images over a qide range of magnification on rough or
covered surfaces of minute specimen such as hair, fibers, paint
particles, drugs, metals, etc.
• FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) – used for
identification of pure organic substance. The resulting spectrum
could be referred to as the fingerprints of the substance.
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY