FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Peel Regional Police, Health Canada, Toronto Police Service
Document Summary
Scene, lab, morgue, courtroom: regardless of department/agency organization, most successful analyses of data done by varied and comparative methods, thorough collection and analysis of a variety of physical evidence. Individuals provide strength in certain areas: rely on others" expertise to improve understanding and piece together crime, but testimony based on own work. Investigation structures: no two scenes alike , no two scenes alike, different models exist for different agencies due to: geography. Specialist model: larger agencies, separate entities/responsibilities, documenting and analyzing scene. Fingerprint comparison: benefits, have skills to do job with expertise, weakness, more expensive overall, easier to break chain of custody. Scene of crime officers (soco),forensic identification officers (ident), crime scene technicians. Scene personnel: others: police k9 unit, missing persons/ cold cases. Forensic anthropologist: search volunteers, off-duty police, volunteers. Larger forensic labs: example: centre of forensic sciences, conducts scientific investigations for criminal cases. Separate from police agencies: clients: police and other official investigators, lawyers, pathologists and coroners.
