FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Trace Evidence, Combined Dna Index System, Gunshot Residue
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King of crime scene = dr. henry lee. The scene is simply defined as the actual site location where the incident took place. Classified: primary: - where crime actually occurred, secondary: - in some way related to the crime but is not where the actual crime took place, macroscopic: big picture containing many small scenes, microscopic: small picture. To recognize, collect, preserve, interpret & reconstruct all the relevant physical evidence at a cs. Evidence split into 2 areas: testimonial: - any witnessed accounts of an incident, physical evidence: - any material items. Prove that a crime has been committed. Establish any key elements of a crime. Taken as follows: recognition or identification of cs. Outer perimeter:- outside of csi (no outside person is allowed in: survey examination of cs, documentation of cs, collection & presentation of evidence, reconstruction of events. Duties of fro (safety first: assist victim, search for & arrest suspect.
