FIVS 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Modus Operandi, Blood Residue, Forensic Science
18 Apr 2016
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Uses for information from physical evidence in criminal investigation. Linking suspects to victims is the most important and common type of linkage made by physical evidence. Not all physical evidence will be directly linked to a suspect. Frequently, physical evidence will provide indirect information or investigative leads to the investigator. Determination of the essential facts of an investigation involves the physical evidence itself, patterns of the evidence and laboratory examinations of the evidence. Criminals repeat behavior, and this particular behavior represents their signature or preferred method. The presence or absence of certain types of physical evidence will be useful in determining the accuracy of their statements. Crime scene patterns or patterned physical evidence are especially well suited for determining of creditability. Forensic examination is a process of recognition, identification, individualization and reconstruction. At this point the how of a crime scene is more important than the who of the crime.
