Lab Detectives
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- Episode
- Paint and Glass
- Broadcast Info
- 2001 (14 mins)
- Description
- Dr. Anya Hunt analyses glass, each batch is unique and when studied under a microscope. Paint also has a fingerprint. Broken glass and chipped paint are very common features of a large number of crimes. There are thousands of car accidents every year where the perpetrator drives off without stopping. These techniques are commonly used to bring these people to book. The broken glass left on the road from a headlight is unique to that specific car and is used to trace the suspect’s vehicle. glass analysis microscope studies paint fingerprints crime hit’n’run accidents
- Genre
- Criminology; Science; Forensics
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The Open University, "Lab Detectives". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/6035 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)