ACR102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fingerprint, Computer Forensics, Frye Standard
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Current issue: mandatory dna collection upon arrest. Forensics has now become an integral part of the cjs. Fore(cid:374)si(cid:272) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e: (cid:862)the appli(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e to those (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ivil laws that are e(cid:374)for(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) poli(cid:272)e age(cid:374)(cid:272)ies i(cid:374) a (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al justi(cid:272)e s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)(cid:863) (cid:894) afterstei(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1013)(cid:1012), p. (cid:1006)(cid:895). Functions of forensic science: informs law enforcement during investigations about the nature of crimes, assist in the detection and prosecution of known offenders. Inform decision about the legal guilt, prospective legal guilt, or innocence of an offender. Pre-crime: (cid:862)pre-(cid:272)ri(cid:373)e(cid:863): (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e is u(cid:374)derstood i(cid:374) ter(cid:373)s of risk or potential loss (zedner 2007) (minority report). Investigation as a means to detect, identify, and intervene before crimes occur: close link between forensics and intelligence analysis, data-retention, etc, labelling, retention to metadata, privacy rights. Fore(cid:374)si(cid:272)s has lo(cid:374)g (cid:271)ee(cid:374) pre(cid:373)ised o(cid:374) (cid:858)e(cid:454)pert e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859): explain who and who is not a criminal. Anthropological criminology as a sort of forensics. An interesting starting point, but overwhelmingly disproven.
