SCIENTIFIC FORENSICS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly, one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

-- Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s

“A Scandal in Bohemia”, 1891

Forensic science prevents the enemies of progress and human rights who seek to exploit the openness and opportunities of globalization for their unethical progress. It bells the cats at the gateway for justice delivery with scathing attacks on criminality by scientific experimentation so that criminals and perpetrators cannot escape liability on blatant excuse. With the advancement of science and technology the criminals have adopted new methods and techniques for committing offences, but science has also helped the investigating agencies in their efforts to nab the criminals or real culprits.