Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1. make fingerprints on fingerprint cards and identify the pattern;
2. develop fingerprints by powder and chemical methods;
3. lift and identify latent fingerprints and shoe prints;
4. analyse metallic, vegetable, volatile and non-volatile poisons;
5. separate components of insecticides, barbiturates and other drugs by thin layer chromatography (TLC);
6. determine age from skull sutures and teeth;
7. estimate height and weight using long bones; and,
8. determine sex of deceased persons from skull and pelvis.
Course Contents
Making of fingerprints on fingerprint cards and identifying the pattern. Development of fingerprints using powder and chemical methods. Classification of fingerprints. Lifting and identification of latent fingerprints. Lifting and identification of footprints and shoe prints. Analysis of metallic poisons; Analysis of volatile and non-volatile poisons. TLC of insecticides, Barbiturates and other drugs. Analysis of vegetable poisons. Estimation of height and weight using long bones. Determination of age from skull sutures and teeth. Determination of sex from skull and pelvis.
