FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Homicide, Putrefaction, Forensic Pathology
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Fsc100 - january 30th - ethics and evidence. Establish possibility that certain tissue/fluid/substance present (ex: kastle- Meyer test for blood turns pink in the presence of hemoglobin) Generally cheap, quick and easy to use. 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 . Dna, wear pattern on a shoe, fingerprint, striations on bullets/casings, Mass=produced world, gathering this data is difficult. Greater the number of different objects linking an individual to a crime scene, the greater the likelihood of the individual"s involvement. Weight of physical evidence is ultimately determined in the courtroom. Circumstances that create a risk that professional judgement or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest. Vendors researching their own products and using findings to encourage others to buy. Presence of conflict of interest is not proof of corruption.
