Forensic Science Forensic Investigation

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1. Fire scenes are different than the regular crime scenes because as for the evidence of a fire scene was most likely destroyed or burned, the person who committed the crime does not usually the crime scene. This makes it a little more difficult to piece together the suspect and convict someone of their crimes.

2. The blast effect is what happens when a rush of gasses from the source of the bomb blows outward.

3. Two types of high explosives are both primary and secondary. Primary explosives can be easily detonated and extremely sensitive to heat. The secondary explosives are explosives that are less sensitive to heat.

4. Substrate control is a sample that has been uncontaminated by a flammable substance. It will allow the forensic scientists
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Evidence from these scenes should be collected by placing them into air-tight bins or containers to help prevent from the evaporation of flammable substances. The glass cases and paint cans would be great because of their airtight lids. Avoid the use of plastic bags because they will produce harmful gases when mixed with these substances.
1. The most challenging aspect would be collecting the evidence on these types of scenes. This is due to the fact that there could be no evidence left. The evidence over time will degrade so forensic scientists will have to rush and be hasty about the samples when collecting
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I don't think that a search warrant should be required for Fre scenes because there would really be nothing left to search for. This is going through a scene after a huge fire. I would understand why some people would think a warrant to search would be reasonable because really no one would like to be accused of doing the crime.

3. Yes, I believe that color chips can be used to help catch the criminals,it would also make it much more easier to track down where exactly the materials would go to. Also to pinpoint if they would make a bomb.

4. The improvised explosives are widely common in today's time because it's way more easy now to make it. Pretty much anyone can mix firework powder into a pressure cooker and dump it into a backpack or suppose a bathroom in a largely populated building.

5.The procedures have strayed from normal standards a lot since the explosive manufactures have the information and the supplies for combustible combos such as the internet. The main idea here for the forensic scientists who track the bombs analysis is what could be used to trigger it, make it and make it unknown to the public

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