FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Automated Fingerprint Identification, Peel Regional Police, Forensic Dentistry
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What is forensics: methodical approach for gathering and analyzing of evidence and to establish facts that can be presented in court. Where does forensic investigation services fit in? with uniform officers, svu, homicide coroner crown attorney forensic anthropology, forensic dentistry video analysis. Fis mandate examine, record, photograph and report evidence. fingerprints and physical evidence photograph people places things comparisons of physical evidence prepare and present. Search for evidence found vs known identity+unknown sample is compared to a known source known sources: rcmp data band for fingerprints, dna data bank or consent sample. E-evaluation: whats the conclusion, issues ready to be answer, differences! agreement/disagreement. V-verification: peer review. if not then is not used as evidence. Nature doesn"t duplicate itself, each fingerprint is completely unique to the individual. Automated fingerprint identification system: used to compare a crime scene print against rcmp database. Locards said every contact leaves a trace (so they wear suites, to protect crime scenes)
