CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Critical Role, Bankstown Railway Station, John Wiley & Sons
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Lecture 2 physical evidence, evidence integrity and continuity. Locard"s principle: edmond locard (1910, every contact leaves a trace, people leave traces of themselves in an environment, and take traces of that environment away on them, this also applies to objects (vehicles, etc. ) and animals. Kirk"s concept of individuality: paul l. kirk, argued that every object is unique (is never the same as another object, philosophical concept. Looking in this room: personal belongings, fingerprints, hair mine and others" (human and non-human, saliva, skin flakes. Impressions of handwriting: footprints, clothes fibres, chemical traces, soil or sand, plant material, voices. In case of violence: ears (mike tyson?, blood, flesh, fingernail scrapings, teeth, bite marks, fragments of clothing, bullets, tool marks, broken glass, wood shavings, etc. Why collect physical evidence: determine entity what is it, determine the physical or chemical identity of a piece of evidence. Ie, chair flipped over noted but not taken as evidence (take note & photo)
