MBB 463 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Normal Science, Daubert Standard, Methylation
22 Jul 2020
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Locard"s exchange principle: define forensic science, understand why chain of custody is important to evidence collection, common sources of dna at crime scnes, understand limitations of dna smth, compare and contrast forensic dna anal and forensic genomics. Looking @ the skeleton to see how the person lived, what they were like etc. Looking at markers can tell you about the tissue that the dna came from: you can tell this is a skin cell, this came from the liver, etc. If ever there"s a gap, the evidence is not permissible: oj simpson case, evidence not properly entered into chain of custody, some stuff not handled, some stuff not documented, etc a whole ass mess, amanda knox case. Locard"s exchange principle: when a crime occurs, there is a victim, suspect and crime scene, all linked by physical evidence, can"t know who the suspect is in relation to the victim,
