Collecting evidence is an essential factor to the world of criminology. The evidence can determine whether the person is guilty or not guilty. The matter of handling evidence correctly becomes a priority to anyone who is working in the case. Throughout the years civil and criminal cases have impacted our world. They have determine whether the suspects of cases and have narrowed down to the offender. But the process that it takes to establish a final conclusion to present to a court is a long
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Impression Evidence CRJ 311 Forensics Instructor Myron Gilbert May 25‚ 2014 Impressions Patterns for individualization are characteristics that can be unique among the members of their class. This means that we could possible match a tire mark to a particular tire or a shoe print to a sole this could prove invaluable to investigators. Reviewing the evidence pictures both would by considered impressions they have both left imprints in the soil. I will discuss the type of individualized
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1. Hearsay evidence rule in Malaysia The general hearsay rule is that a statement made by a person not called as a witness is inadmissible to prove the truth of the facts stated and extends to oral evidence as to statements in documents.1 Where oral evidence is relied on‚ it must be direct in all cases.2 Section 603 has thus codified the rule against hearsay evidence. “Hearsay” does not mean that no witness can be allowed to depose anything which he has heard said by anyone else.4 It is secondary
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Tori Kelly 03 Nov 2010 College Writing I Mr. Denver Long KGA #2- INFORMATIVE ESSAY ANTHOLOGY OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE How many people does it take to solve a murder? Investigating crime scene evidence is one of the most intricate disciplines in criminal justice‚ requiring a team of several forensic specialists. This field has become so scientific‚ with advances in technology‚ that the viable information it provides is more readily accepted as incriminating in court. For this reason‚ attention
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Nowadays contracts are the best way of making agreements. As said in Parker and Box‚ a contract may be defined as ‘’an agreement which the law will enforce’’1. It is clearly shown that contracts are much more than agreements as they are enforced by courts. They generally involve two or more parties and for a contract to exist‚ agreement is essential. If there is no agreement or ‘’meeting of the minds’’ of the parties‚ then it is considered that there is no contract. To see whether an agreement exists
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Criminal Evidence Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Criminal Evidence Hearsay is not confined to oral statements or writings. Nonverbal conduct that is the equivalent of a verbal statement can be hearsay. All courts agree that conduct intended as a substitute for words is within the hearsay prohibition when offered to prove the truth of the intended assertion. Assertive conduct of this type would include physical gestures such as sign language‚ affirmative nods
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Trace evidence is based on Locard’s exchange principle which contends that every contact no matter how slight will leave a trace . The trace is normally caused by objects or substances contacting one another‚ and leaving a small sample on the contact surfaces. Foreign objects or pieces of material present at a crime scene and tracing its origin can assist in an arrest and conviction the same way finding some trace from the victim or crime scene on a suspect can have a strong impact on a case. Trace
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(Lynch & Duval‚ 2011). This theory better known as "Locard’s Exchange Principle” is the foundation of the forensic study of trace evidence as we know it today. Trace evidence is very important in forensic investigations as this evidence includes different types of microscopic materials as well as some materials that are easily visible to the naked eye. Trace evidence examination is the analysis of small particles in order to assist in establishing a link between a suspect and the victim of a crime
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Identifying Trace Evidence Forensic Chemistry and Trace Evidence Analysis CJ 385 Professor Luckas July 15‚ 2012 Question 1 In order to identify that a white powder might contain cocaine‚ a forensic drug chemist can conduct a number of tests. The tests in order to identify cocaine are conducted based on the physical and chemical properties of cocaine. The physical and chemical properties of a substance make it unique‚ thus identifiable and distinguishable from other physical evidences obtained
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Types of Physical Evidence Found at a Crime Scene-Part 1 1. Bodily Fluids- (Blood‚ semen‚ and saliva). All suspected blood‚ semen‚ or saliva-liquid or dried animal or human-present in a form to suggest in relation to the offense or the people involved in a crime. This includes blood or semen dried onto fabrics or other objects‚ as well as cigarette butts that contain saliva residue. These substances are subjected to serological and biochemical analysis to determine their identity and possible origin
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