FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Expert Witness, Health Canada, Peel Regional Police
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Many venues, many players: 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. Individual provide strength in certain areas: rely on others" expertise to improve understanding and piece together crime, but testimony is based on one"s own work. Laboratories: regional police labs i. e. peel regional police, toronto police service, government labs, centre of forensic sciences (ontario, rcmp, health canada, usa: fbi, atf, private labs, specialized dna analysis. Why are ethics important: why are ethics important, standards and consistency, provide a set of rules to follow, can prevent ambiguity, some situations where law is not explicit, allow for fairness and truth. Ethics in crime scene investigation: maintaining spirt of law in addition to letter of law, being aware of perceptions, maintain integrity. Illegal to remove objects from scene: still legal in many jurisdictions to sell crime-related items, prevent appearance of impropriety.
