1. Forensics

2. Forensics: The study and application of science to matters of law. Evidence: anything that tends to establish or disprove a fact Forensic scientists use crime labs to study evidence.

3. Crime labs have many departments: Physical, Biology, ballistics, toxicology, fingerprints, trace, etc. First job: determine the origin of the evidence

4. Department of Justice: Maintains the FBI, DEA and AFT labs FBI - largest crime lab in the world DEA – operates 7 labs, investigating major illicit drug activity inside and outside the US AFT - has 3 regional labs and a fire research lab

5. Union County Forensics Lab 300 North Ave, Westfield Part of the Union county prosecutors office Established in 1972, first county prosecutors lab in NJ Handles thousands of cases each year

6. Union County Forensics Lab 1.Controlled Substances section: - analysis of illicit drugs - Certify drug analysis to be presented in court 2. Biology section: - DNA analysis for human identification