FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Livor Mortis, Algor Mortis, Autopsy
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Comparisons: deal with certain levels of characteristics, class characteristics, evidence is only associated with a group. Shoe design, car model, blood type: individual characteristics, evidence that can be associated to a common source with an extremely high degree of probability, failure to exclude samples as being from common origin . Representations of certainty: how to assign probability, probability that a fibre originated from a particular sweater, probability that a paint chip came from a suspect car, mass produced world, gathering data is difficult. Identification universes: what something will likely be, greater number of different objects linking an individual to a crime scene, greater the likelihood of individual"s involvement, weight of physical evidence is ultimately determined in the courtroom. Death investigations: common confusion, coroner, forensic pathology pathologist, medical examiner. Coroner system: derived from english law, dates back to the 11th century, inquire into unexpected deaths, responsible for establishing fasts of a particular death, they answer main questions:
