FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Best Evidence Rule, Buccal Swab, Item Number
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Objects that can: establish that a crime has been committed, make associations. Victim-perpetrator: to be used effectively, its presence rst must be recognized at the scene, recognition/detection, collection, analysis, reconstruction. Spatial relationships also important: recognition of not just what but where, situation of items in relation to each other. Is a damaging event: ensure photos obtained before search process, as potential evidence found. Where to start: consider paths of contamination. Most important to be methodical and systematic. Method used based on variety of factors: outdoors/indoors. Small item: evidence already found, concentration of material, people available. All these things have to do with how many people can search a scene of a certain size. Searcher goes back and forth across scene, with slight overlap: like mowing the lawn. Often done in outdoor scenes: e. g. yard, parking lot. For increased detection ability: after searching in one direction, searcher goes over same area at 90 angle to previous direction.
