This topic will expose students to key areas of forensic biology and will include:
An introduction to probability theory and Bayes' Theorem will allow the students to consider integrated data, such as the presence of a particular blood pattern linked to a person by DNA typing, when comparing an allegation compared to a proposition put forward by the defence. The way in which these data are reported will be part of this topic. It will be presented by a combination of staff from Forensic Science SA, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Rape Crisis Centre and College of Science and Engineering.
This topic aims to expose students to current practices in the investigation of forensic cases involving biological samples. These include sexual assaults, cell transfer, and persistence of trace evidence. Specifically this topic aims to give students:
Timetable details for 2021 are no longer published.