FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Laboratory Information Management System, Forensic Science, Sexual Assault
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3rd quarter lecture 1: overview of centre of forensic. The crime laboratory: w/in the ministry of community safety and correctional services, independent of the police and the attorney general, sister laboratory - north regional laboratory (nrl, lab statistics 2014. 1,500+ court appearances by scientists: mission statement. Very important, target turn around times: locard"s exchange principle *, preserving evidence. Detecting and quantifying substances: use of findings. Example: ministry of municipal affairs, ministry of housing, community hospitals. Centre of receiving office: receives all evidentiary material, decides what types of cases/evidence items to accept, determines which section(s) are involved in a case, initiate chain of custody. To log in everything that comes into centre. Creates evidence barcode to packing, not items themselves. Transferred by location to person or person to person, never location to location: package items appropriately, return items to submitting agencies, receipt of evidentiary material. After-hours lockers: blood and urine = refrigerator, muscle tissue = freezer, auto examination bays.
