FSCI 1010U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Crime Scene, Forensic Science, Expert Witness
26 Feb 2019
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Locard"s principle: when there are two objects that come into contact with each other, there is an exchange of material between them. c: there are five services. The evaluation of physical evidence from the crime scene (only physical evidence is free of inherent error or bias) Scientific method: a process that uses strict guidelines to ensure careful and systematic collection, organization, and analysis of information: determining admissibility of evidence. Frye standard = the court decided whether the question procedure, technique or principle is generally accepted . Scientist must bring forward scientific proof to which accepted in scientific community. Rule 702 = admissibility of expert testimony. Unless: the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case. Daubert vs merrell dow pharmaceuticals, inc. = us courts declared that frye.
