Brain Fingerprinting
Everyone wants to know who committed the murder. There is a method that could help and eventually solve it for good. It could be used for remembering things you have forgot. This amazing new piece of technology is called brain fingerprinting. The benefits of brain fingerprinting is endless. Scanning brains to find out the information in your head is just one step in a long journey to new technology discoveries.
Brain fingerprinting is a forensic science technique that uses electroencephalography to determine whether specific information is stored in a person's brain by measuring electrical brain waves and recording a brain response known as a P300-MERMER. MERMER is abbreviated for Memory and Encoding Related Multifaceted
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It can detect the record of a specific crime stored in the brain of the perpetrator. For example, brain fingerprinting can be used to detect the record of the murder of Julie stored in the brain of serial killer Justin. It can be used to prove that innocent convict Terry did not have the record of the murder of which he had been accused of. All this information is stored in his brain. Brain Fingerprinting as well can find out information stored in the brain that is known only to people with inside knowing of a terrorist or criminal organization, such as Al-Qaeda or Isis. More examples are brain fingerprinting proved over 99% accurate in detecting FBI-relevant information known to FBI agents but not to the public in a test at the FBI Academy on FBI agents. Also it can detect information known only to people trained in a certain field, such as bomb makers and people who make guns. But to do all this is must have the standards that things of this science have to have. Scientific studies have shown that meeting the Brain Fingerprinting standards is necessary not only for holding the scientific evidence in court, but also for to make sure it's correct, make sure it’s honest, and it’s true to the …show more content…
Grinder to justice. In August 1999 Dr. Farwell conducted a brain fingerprinting test on Grinder at the request of cop Robert Dawson who lived Macon County, Missouri. The test proved that information stored in his brain matched the details of the murder of Julie Helton. Now he was faced with a certain conviction and almost certain death sentence, Grinder then pled guilty to the rape and murder of Julie Helton in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without parole. He is serving that sentence as we speak and has also confessed to the murders of three other young
Another discrepancy between actual forensics and how it is portrayed in the media is the availability of information in databases. There is only a small percentage of the entire population’s fingerprints or DNA samples stored within databases such as the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). This makes finding a match between a DNA sample or fingerprint difficult, as a match would only be found if the person’s information was already stored within the database. If there is no match previously stored in a database, the fingerprint or DNA sample could be potentially rendered useless within a trial. Typically, in order to perform an analysis, investigators must already have a suspect in mind and request a DNA or fingerprint sample from him or her. If the suspect does not want to provide one however, the sample collected as evidence may not count as valid. The CSI effect creates an idealized image that all crimes can be solved with a hair or drop of blood, but this is not always the case in real life.
In the article “Brain Gain: The Underground World of “Neuroenhancing” Drugs” (Yorker 2009) Margaret Talbot discusses the misuse of prescription drugs that enhance academic performance at the college level. First Talbot introduces readers to a young college history major at Harvard University named Alex who receives a description of a demanding, busy life which seems impossible to control without the safety unapproved adopted use of a drug named Adderall. After that Alex’s dependency on the prescription drugs cognitive enhancers is described when he asks his doctor to increase the amount of intake and the listing of his daily routine on using Adderall during a week that required him to write four term papers. Next Talbot describes a personal
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino was raped at knife point in her apartment. She was able to escape and identify Ronald Cotton as her attacker. The detective conducting the lineup told Jennifer that she had done great, confirming to her that she had chosen the right suspect. Eleven years later, DNA evidence proved that the man Jennifer Identified, Ronald Cotton was innocent and wrongfully convicted. Instead, Bobby Poole was the real perpetrator. Sadly, there are many other cases of erroneous convictions. Picking cotton is a must read for anybody because it educates readers about shortcomings of eyewitness identification, the police investigative process and the court system.
Approximately 1,000 brain and nervous system disorders are directly responsible for more hospitalizations and lost productivity than any other comparable disease group. (Shen, 2013, p. 655). In addition, these disorders restrict criminals from refraining to engage in malicious activity. This inability to distinguish right from wrong is a result of the individual’s consciousness being disorientated while committing a crime. Neuroscience, the study of nerves and how nerves affect learning and behavior, is a relatively new science that can provide the justice system with insight on why criminals act differently from law abiding citizens in particular scenarios. Research in neuroscience shows a strong correlation between brain function and a human’s personhood which includes individual characteristics and cognitive thinking patterns. Neuroscience is capable of providing evidence of a person's “future dangerousness” in order to deter future altercations. The understanding of a human’s thought process through neuroscience should be permissible in the courtroom for more informed court rulings and to transition in to a more progressive approach of criminal punishment.
Forensic genetics has other applications . The " fingerprint " DNA represents a valuable tool for forensic science . As is the case with an ordinary fingerprint genetic fingerprint is unique to each individual (except identical twins ) . The determination involves the observation of specific DNA sequences which can be obtained from extremely small tissue samples , hair, blood or eventually left at the scene . As Fifty microliters of blood, semen or five microliters of ten roots of hairs are enough , and nozzles secretions and cells from the fetus . In addition to its use in the capture of criminals , especially rapists , the genetic fingerprints can be used to establish family relationships . People involved in the conservation of species use them to be sure that captive breeding is among individuals who do not belong to the same family .
Law enforcement uses several methods to solve all types of crimes. Having a variety of ways to help solve an investigation gives officials an advantage. If one method fails or isn’t helpful, there are several others they can rely on. For instance, if there are no physical witnesses to a crime, the criminal may have left a fingerprint at the crime scene. An individual’s fingerprint is unique, “no two persons have exactly the same arrangement of ridge patterns” (“Fingerprint ID”). Fingerprints of criminals and of civilians are collected and stored. Also, “People who apply for government jobs, jobs that handle confidential information, banking jobs, teaching jobs, law enforcement jobs, and any job that involves security issues can be fingerprinted” (“The First ID”). Fingerprints are processed within hours and minutes through the Integrated Automated Fingerprint ID System. This system was developed in 1991, and made it easier for different law enforcement agencies to store and share fingerprints.
...n they serve, locate the areas of the brain that are affected by neurological disorders, and develop new strategies to treat brain disorders. Along with such understandings, more in depth scans of the brain are beginning to reveal the possibility of a more refined and detailed lie detection source. If such technology is produced, the federal government will apply it to protecting the country, but what will others use it for? Premature commercialization brings forth the possible downfall of this technology; basic research that is needed will be halted and later misuse will corrupt the advancements we are making today. The ethical question of privacy will also need more scrutiny and thought before such methods become widespread, for society must be ready to come to a decision about the value of cognitive privacy before their world is overtaken with such technologies.
DNA plays the important role as a biological identification. According to Norah Rudin, through a series of experiments in the 1900s, it is found that DNA, similar to a fingerprint, are unique. No two DNA are alike, which makes it perfect for identification, hence the term “DNA fingerprinting” (7). Through a small amount of DNA, we are able to identify an individual through comparing with other DNAs. Criminal justice systems all around the world had ...
The recent advances in non-invasive brain imaging, increased computational power, and advances in signal processing methods have heightened the research in this area. As we make progress in interpreting noninvasive brain signals in time we will begin to explore applications that go beyond treatment. But for now these noninvasive methods of estimating brain activity is still something to be cautious about since it only measures the brain’s blood, oxygen consumption, glucose utilization, and more. These measurements may not be accurate enough to figure out one person’s problem. The problem again might be internal and measuring only the obvious would not aid in figuring it all out.
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The brain is arguably the most complex part of a human being and is linked to motivations, feelings, and actions. Therefore, when actions of individuals differ from “normal” actions, the brain is brought into question. Repeat killers commit actions that are not “normal” when compared to the general public and therefore research on their brains has been conducted. When comparing scans of everyday citizens’ brains as opposed to the brain of a convicted serial killer, the differences are clear. The two scans differ widely with the prefrontal gray matter of the average person’s, dwarfing that of the murderer’s (Adams). Pr...
“Any action of an individual, and obviously the violent action constituting a crime, cannot occur without leaving a trace.” (LOCARD, 1934), This means that no crime can be committed without leaving behind evidence which will help forensic scientists link the criminal to the crime. When a person touches a surface or thing they leave behind some sweat which will create a copy of their fingerprint on the surface, they are often found at crime scenes and most of which are not linked to the case at all, but the uniqueness and reliability of these prints means that when a set of prints are found at a location they should not be the mark is examined and compared to prints taken from suspects, indicating that the person who matches these prints was at the scene of crime at some point, linking them to the
Now it is used in maternity tests, personal identification and forensic science. DNA fingerprinting would allow a scientist or any qualified worker to match the DNA of any person. All the worker w...
Computers have also allowed the use of fingerprinting to expand. Agencies can now take someone’s fingerprints and send them through the computer and find out if they are linked to any other cases going on at the time, or any other cases in the past.
Since the genetic makeup of each individual is entirely different from another, it is believed that DNA can be used to prove exactly who was at a crime scene and who was not. The process to determine whose DNA has been gathered at a crime scene is known as DNA fingerprinting. In actuality, only 2% of DNA are genes; the rest is called "junk DNA" which biological purpose is unknown (Verrengia, 1997). Junk DNA is what is mainly used in DNA fingerprinting.