Hair as Evidence What can it do for
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Hair as Evidence What can it do for us?
Why Hair? � One of the most common pieces of evidence Burned hair Hair from a child is examined for drugs
History of Hair Analysis * Alfred Swaine Taylor and Thomas Stevenson *1883 *forensic science text that included a chapter on hair
History of Hair Analysis � Victor Balthazard, professor of forensic medicine at the Sorbonne, with Marcelle Lambert (1910) � First comprehensive hair study, Le poil de l'homme et des animaux. Rabbit hair Badger hair Bat hair
History of Hair Analysis � 1910 - Murder of Germaine Bichon � Rosella Rousseau confessed only after confronted with hair as evidence. � Hair found under Bichon’s fingernails. are the possible limitations of using hair as evidence in a crime investigation? � What
For Discussion � What are the possible advantages of using hair evidence? � What reasons might have prevented investigators from using hair in investigations before 1910? � What kinds of technology advances have made it possible for investigators to use hair as evidence?
For Discussion � What are the possible advantages of using hair evidence? � What reasons might have prevented investigators from using hair in investigations before 1910? � What kinds of technology advances have made it possible for investigators to use harir as evidence?
For Discussion � What are the possible advantages of using hair evidence? � What reasons might have prevented investigators from using hair in investigations before 1910? � What kinds of technology advances have made it possible for investigators to use hair as evidence?
Comparison Microscope Dr. Sydney Smith, in 1934, first used a comparison microscope to analysis hairs side by side. Helped to solve murder case.
Neutron Activation Analysis � Bombard sample with neutrons � Sample spontaneously emits energy � Measure the energy emitted to determine the presence and amounts of more than 60 elements.
DNA fingerprinting � DNA from root or other cells stuck to follicle
What is hair? And who has it?
Who has hair?
Why do we have hair? ? ? ? ? ?
Why do mammals have hair? 1. 2. 3. 4. Warmth Decrease friction Protect against sunlight Act as a sense organ
Skin and Hair Structure
Skin and Hair Structure
Skin and hair Structure
Hair Structure
Hair Structure Compare hair to a pencil.
Three Parts of Hair Composed of: § Cuticle— overlapping scales; protects cortex § Cortex— made of keratin (protein which makes hair strong and elastic) and imbedded with pigment; changes with perms, dyes, etc. § Medulla—innermost layer; purpose unknown
Cuticle Patterns 23
Cuticle Patterns Coronal (crown like)- scales appear like stacked cups (ex. Mouse) 24
Cuticle Patterns Spinous (petal -like) –triangular shaped scales, often protrude from the shaft (ex. cat)
Cuticle Patterns �Imbricate- Flattened, overlapping scales (e. g. human)
Hair � Scales point to end of hair. � The end of the hair is the oldest end. � Why is this important?
Medulla Pattern Description Continuous One unbroken line of color Interrupted (Intermittent) Pigmented line broken at regular intervals Fragmented or Segmented Pigmented line unevenly spaced Solid Pigmented area filling both the medulla and the cortex None No separate pigmentation in the medulla Diagram
- Is fiber class evidence
- What is primary sources
- Primary evidence vs secondary evidence
- Secondary sources
- Primary evidence vs secondary evidence
- Primary evidence vs secondary evidence
- Class evidence vs individual evidence
- How can class evidence narrow a field of suspects
- A pair of latex gloves was found at a crime scene
- Ecological fallacy meaning
- Hair growth
- Why are fibers considered class evidence?
- Negroid hair under microscope
- Why is hair considered class evidence
- Medulla hair
- Circumstantial evidence
- Is hair class or individual evidence
- Hair as evidence
- Mongoloid
- What are the possible limitations of using hair as evidence
- Head hairs and pubic hairs exhibit a greater range of
- Fiber analysis forensic science
- Hair cuticle patterns
- Hair evidence
- Dark hair and blonde hair parents
- Tacheometric surveying formula
- When everybody keeps silent during the lesson the rebel
- Hair grows in diagonal tubes called hair
- How to tell human hair from animal hair