FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Fax, Breathalyzer, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
The Centre of Forensic Sciences
Within the ministry of community safety and correctional services.
Independent of the police and the attorney general.
Sister laboratory is northern regional laboratory.
90% of work is in Toronto
only 10%-15% in the north
sections with the most amount of work are biology and toxicology.
Chemistry is 5%
240 staff
15 000 cases
50 000 items being examined
1500 court appearances
Purpose:
Purpose of the organization is to support the justice system and enhance public safety
by providing scientific expertise, performing relevant scientific tests, provide education
and training, conduct research, and more.
Forensic is used in connection with courts of law, especially in relation to.....
Key thing about evidence is that its only useful is you preserve it. Make sure items are separate
from each other, such as knowns and unknowns. Don’t want any cross contamination.
Identify objects and materials
Reveal additional information
Detect and quantify the substance (if person was intoxicated how much was in his
blood)
Compare knowns to unknowns
Clients:
Police investigators
Lawyers
Coroners
Pathologists
Other official investigators.
Centre of Receiving Office:
Receives all evidentiary material
Decides what types of cases/evidence items to accept
Determines which section is involved in the case.
Initiate chain of custody
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Document Summary
Within the ministry of community safety and correctional services. Independent of the police and the attorney general. 90% of work is in toronto only 10%-15% in the north sections with the most amount of work are biology and toxicology. Purpose of the organization is to support the justice system and enhance public safety by providing scientific expertise, performing relevant scientific tests, provide education and training, conduct research, and more. Forensic is used in connection with courts of law, especially in relation to Key thing about evidence is that its only useful is you preserve it. Make sure items are separate from each other, such as knowns and unknowns. Detect and quantify the substance (if person was intoxicated how much was in his blood) Decides what types of cases/evidence items to accept. Determines which section is involved in the case. To track all the evidence they use the lims laboratory information management system. Assigns a unique number to each case.
