Forensics

:This article deals with forensic science, used in legal proceedings. For forensic/public speaking, see Debate and Individual events.

Forensic science in the media

Sherlock Holmes, the fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in works produced from 1887 to 1915, used forensic science as one of his investigating methods. Conan Doyle credited the inspiration for Holmes on his teacher at the medical school of Edinburgh University, the gifted surgeon and forensic detective Joseph Bell.

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Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 1887 - 1915 - Edinburgh University - Joseph Bell

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Decades later, the comic strip, Dick Tracy also featured a detective using a considerable number of forensic methods, although sometimes the methods were more fanciful than actually possible. The popular television series ' is one of several crime detection series which depict a glamorized version of the activities of 21st Century forensic scientists. It (along with related TV shows) has changed individuals' expectations of forensic science, an influence termed the "CSI effect".

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Comic strip - Dick Tracy - CSI effect

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