Noun
criminalistics (uncountable)
The scientific processing and study of evidence of crimes.
Keith Inman, Norah Rudin, Principles and Practice of Criminalistics: The Profession of Forensic Science (p. 32), CRC Press, 2000 DNA DNA fingerprinting was first used in 1984. Source: Internet
He went on to found the Institute of Criminalistics in 1912, as part of the University of Graz' Law School. Source: Internet
The case was investigated by the Fort Dodge Police Department, Webster County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement and the Iowa Department of Criminalistics Laboratory. Source: Internet
Residents of the Pine Park Apartment complex watch from their balcony as APD Criminalistics Unit investigators examine the scene where Daniel Tillison was shot and killed by officer Martin Smith. Source: Internet