Locard’s principle‚ the basic principle of forensic science‚ was formulated by Dr. Edmond Locard. Dr. Edmond Locard believes and states “Every contact leaves a trace”‚ meaning whatever is touched‚ left behind or approached will serve as factual evidence against a person and only can that evidence be failed is by the lack of human effort by failing to study and understand it. The Locard’s exchange principle believes no matter what a criminal does or where a criminal goes‚ simply by coming in contact
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pain II. Sexual motivation Official Misconduct (9A.80.010) I. Intent A. Obtain benefit or privilege of another person B. Commits an unauthorized act under color of law C. Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law Physical Evidence From Crime Scene: a. What would I collect? I would collect the gun‚ gun bullet on the floor by Ms. O’Connell‚ gun bullet that was shot at her mouth‚ clothes from Mr. Banks & Ms. O’Connell that were worn at the time of the accident‚ DNA samples
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is a small portion of the DNA in a eukaryotic cell‚ and can be inherited from one’s mother. What is CODIS? How does it work? CODIS is a computer software that contains DNA profiles of convicted offenders‚ murders‚ missing persons‚ crime scene evidence‚ other of that sort. What are complimentary base patterns? Why are they important? Compliment bases are guanine always pairs to cytosine‚ while adenine always pairs to thymine. These are collectively referred to as nucleotides. They are important
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all objects that can establish whether a crime has been committed or can link a crime and its victim or its perpetrator. 2. True or False: Scientific evaluation of crime-scene evidence can usually overcome the results of a poorly conducted criminal investigation. ______ 3. True or False: The techniques of physical evidence collection require a highly skilled individual who must specialize in this area of investigation. ______ 4. All unauthorized personnel must be ______ from crime scenes. 5. Three
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narcotics enclosed in plastic containers‚ and two guns‚ scattered on the floor and in other locations within the scene. Explain what you are looking for‚ how you would conduct your investigation at the scene‚ and how you would process any fingerprint evidence you’ve found. What steps would you take to determine if any of the people present at the scene may have been
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We were able to deduce what the substances were and who ransacked the chef’s kitchen. Substance #1 was corn starch‚ and substance #2 was baking soda. The evidence I found most persuasive was that substance 2 (baking soda) was found in the banquet hall owner’s house and all over the counter. Because the baking soda was spilled all over the counter and was also found in the banquet hall owner’s home‚ it proves that the hall owner was responsible for this crime. We would not have been able to make an
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A Crime Scene Investigator‚ CSI‚ helps law enforcement by collecting the evidence at the scene and processing it to catch the criminal. A CSI does many things‚ such as‚ sketching the perpetrator from a description of the witness‚ photographing the scene‚ and collecting fingerprints and DNA. (Crime Scene Analyst) They are held responsible for making sure the evidence is collected thoroughly and can stand up in court for prosecution of the culprit. They can choose whether to take an oath and become
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the physical evidence. Wearing of gloves on the crime scene is mandatory so knowing how to take them off properly without contaminating anything or getting anything on yourself is very important. Gloves help preserve the original condition of the crime scene. When working with the evidence at a crime scene‚ you want everything to be the natural condition it was at when you arrived there which means that you do not want any of the evidence to be contaminated. If a piece of evidence is contaminated
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is important to a crime scene. Last‚ I will explain what the safety issues that are involved when processing a crime scene. As a first responder to a crime scene you must make sure that the crime scene is contained with as little disturbance of evidence as possible. The area may have people around it trying to see what is going on. Some of these people could be considered witnesses(Bucholtz‚Ann; Lewis‚ Jon). The first responders to any
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collect the following items at the scene: a note purportedly written by the victim‚ a revolver bearing very faint finger prints and traces of skin and blood under the victim’s fingernails. What units of the crime laboratory will examine each piece of evidence?
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