OBSERVATION

"Oh, how simple it would all have been had I been here before they came like a herd of buffalo and wallowed all over it."
~   A. Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, 1892.

 

 

In order to be a forensic scientist, one must have sharp observation skills. To observe means to use the sense of sight and/or is the act of seeing. At a scene of a crime, the observations that are recorded and categorized by the forensic scientist are factual and cannot be interpreted. With clear observations, there is no room for interpretation or discussion.  For example, there was a black thread found at a scene of the crime. Finally, a forensic scientist needs to apply the observation skills to recognize patterns as they continue to collect the data.

 

 

 

 

 

OBSERVATION LINKS

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  FBI Youth

Virtual Exhibit on Forensic Science

  How Observant Are You?

  How Observant Are Other People?

  Perceptual Fallacies

 

 

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