Journal of Forensic Biomechanics is counted among the top journals in forensic biology. Journal of Forensic Biomechanics (JFB) is a scholarly Open Access journal that aims to publish most complete and reliable source of information on vast topics of Forensic Science. Forensic Biology encompasses the areas of science that are involved in the investigation of scientific evidence, indicating how a crime has occurred and by whom it may have been committed.Forensic biologists examine blood and .
The field of forensic biology deals with the examination of the evidence pertaining to living beings, and their associated biological materials, commonly found at the scene of a crime. This deals with the following works:
Examination, identification, of biological fluids like blood, urine, semen, sweat, saliva, milk, teas, juice, and determining their origin either come from the human, plant, or animal sources. Examination and identification of materials like wood, hair, fiber, faecal matter, nails, bones, teeth, leaves, seeds, pollen, and other plant materials. Examination and detection of microbial organisms in food, animal, human, and water samples. Examination and identification of diatoms in the water, human viscera, and food items.
Determination of the group of blood, semen, sweat, saliva if found to be of human origin.
Determination of paternity and maternity of an individual by DNA profiling. Determining the time since death by examining the bones, and teeth. Determining the age and sex of human beings by examining the skeletal remains. Determining the time since death, and manner of death by examining the insects found on and near the deceased.DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is the most relevant evidence which can be obtained from the scene of a crime. The DNA analysis has numerous applications like identification of unknown biological remains (like blood, seminal fluid, sweat, bones, hair with roots, tooth pulp, and others) and paternity testing, missing person identification, cases of impersonation, etc.It involves the identification of the source of plant matter like leaves, stems, pollen grains, seeds, and fibers found around or over the deceased, which can help in determining the place of commission of a crime.Forensic Biology is the sub-field of forensic biology which deals with the collection and identification of skeletal remains either they are from animal or human origin. The field of anthropology is useful in a criminal investigation as the knowledge of anthropology helps in the identification of a deceased by helping in the determination of race, Tooth enamel is the hardest part of the human body, which takes many years to degrade and decompose when the body is buried. The teeth obtain at the scene of a crime or from the buried remains can be used to link the culprit or victim. The examination of bite marks over the surface of the object, body, vegetable stuff can be useful for the identification of the criminal.sex, age from skeletal remains.t involves the study of the life cycle of the insects found near, and inside the decomposed cadaver of humans or animals. This process helps in the identification of the cause of death, time since death, and place of death. It is associated with the death investigation, and if the skeleton is obtained, the insect analysis can reveal that the body was intoxicated with drug or poison.
It involves the application of knowledge and expertise of microbiology for the identification of crime and using microbial evidence for the conviction of the criminal. The microbial evidence can be found in the cases of drowning deaths, hospital and clinical acquired infections, and sudden infant deaths.
The microbial study can be useful for the identification of a person associated with biological material such as hair, skin, blood, saliva, urine, and faecal matter. The microbial study can also be useful for the determination of the post-mortem interval.