PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Buccal Swab, Automated Fingerprint Identification, Combined Dna Index System
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After completing this learning module you will be able to: 3. 3 define and contrast individual and class characteristics of physical evidence. 3. 1 review the common types of physical evidence encountered at crime scenes. 3. 2 explain the difference between the identification and comparison of physical evidence. Process of determining a substance"s physical or chemical identity. Process of ascertaining whether two or more objects have a common origin o o o. 3. 3 define and contrast individual and class characteristics of physical evidence o o o o. Properties of evidence that can be attributed to a common source with an extremely high degree of certainty. Properties of evidence that can be associated only with a group and never with a single source. Multiplying together the frequencies of independently occurring genetic markers to obtain an overall frequency of occurrence for a genetic profile. 3. 4 appreciate the value of class evidence as it relates to a criminal investigation.
