Tracing The Future of Forensic Medicine

Realistic genetic photo fits, portable diagnostic labs and microbiomes are all new elements in the tool-kit of medical professionals in forensic medicine to catch criminals and solve complex cases. Reality is not at all CSI, but not because of the lack of high-tech, but due to the distortions of television. Let’s see how the future of forensic medicine might look in actuality. CSI and its effect Ultraviolet cameras showing bruises healed a while ago. Luminol displaying traces of blood on leather jackets. UV lights like lightsabers scouring over empty rooms to find saliva, semen or any fluid to do a DNA exam in a high-tech crime lab. The Hollywood series CSI enchanted millions of viewers with the hocus-pocus of digital technology into believing that forensic science and forensic medicine is the ultimate tool-kit for finding criminals in a fast and efficient way. The sequel and many following similar ones mixed already available and widely used forensic know-how with technological wishful thinking so skillfully that it even led to the noted CSI effect among jurors. In 2005, The Wall Street Journal wrote that gullible juries, fooled by television into believing their local crime labs are more shrewd and definitive than they actually are, are handing down “not guilty” verdicts unless prosecutors come up with fancy forensic evidence, such as results from DNA tests. However, collecting and analyzing samples are way more difficult and lengthier than in the super-duper ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Bioethics Biotechnology Future of Medicine Genomics AI artificial intelligence crime CSI DNA forensic forensic medicine forensic science genetics microbiome police Source Type: blogs