Name: Forensics - The Science of Crime
Uploaded: 2019
Description: The new three-part series Forensics –The Science of Crime takes a closer look behind the scenes of spectacular criminal hunts.

The new three-part series Forensics –The Science of Crime takes a closer look behind the scenes of spectacular criminal hunts.

This documentary takes two cases, the killing of a woman in Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, and the murder of a hospital nurse in Glasgow, to demonstrate how the entomologist Jens Amendt and the forensic soil expert Lorna Dawson work.

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This documentary takes two cases, to demonstrate how the entomologist Jens Amendt and the forensic soil expert Lorna Dawson work.

Bug Detectives

Crime scene investigation in the laboratory: molecular biologist Dr. Harald Schneider extracts DNA from very small traces. Already 0.5 square millimeters are enough to uniquely identify genetic material.

Crime scene investigation in the laboratory: molecular biologist Dr. Harald Schneider extracts DNA from very small traces.

Genetic Fingerprints

A weapon is found at the scene of a crime. An important question for the investigators: Was the victim shot with this weapon? Molecular ballistics can make a decisive contribution to clarification.

A weapon is found at the scene of a crime. An important question for the investigators: Was the victim shot with this weapon?