FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Trace Evidence, Evidence Music, Answering Machine
Document Summary
The term evidence refers to anything that can give or substantiate information in a legal investigation. Therefore, evidence must be visible to be acceptable and provide information that may prove or. Forms of evidence disprove a point in question. Physical evidence: evidence that can be seen, touched, extracted & exhibited constitutes physical evidence, can be manufactured or found in nature. Trace evidence: blood, semen, vaginal secretions, saliva, hair & fibres, epithelial cells, accelerants, gun shot residue. Associative: any evidence that places an individual at a scene and/or with a victim. Class: evidence that requires classification into a more narrow range. Electronic: information and data transmitted and/or stored in any electronic device. Latent: any evidence that is not visible without the use of chemical, photographic or electronic development/enhancement. Trace: evidence that has to be extracted from another substance and is in very small amounts, often invisible to the naked eye.
