Importance and Role of Physical Evidences in Forensic Science

Forensic Science has seen tremendous transition through the ages and has emerged as an undetectable and integral part of the criminal justice system. There has been more and more dependence on this field and has led to the successful conviction of in large number of crooked criminal cases. There has been a communication gap in understanding the concept and the potential value of physical evidences starting from the fingerprints to DNA evidences. An attempt has been made to introduce the value of neglected physical evidences like traces of plant material, soil, and micro organisms. The challenges to DNA evidence posed in the form of full siblings have been explained and it is believed that still DNA profiling stands one of the most reliable forensic evidence at the crime scene, both in plants and animals, linking crime to the criminal.