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Chapter 2 Crime Scene Investigation and Evidence Collection By the end of this chapter you will be able to:
summarize Locard’s exchange principle identify four examples of trace evidence distinguish between direct and circumstantial evidence identify the type of professionals who are present at a crime
scene summarize the three steps of a crime scene investigation explain the importance of securing the crime scene identify the methods by which a crime scene is documented demonstrate proper technique in collecting and packaging
trace evidence describe how evidence from a crime scene is analyzed
Dr. Edmond Locard, director of the world’s first forensic lab (1910, Lyon, France), established the idea of the exchange principle; namely that: 1. When a person comes in contact with an
object or another person, a cross-transfer of physical material can occur.
2. Study of the material can determine the nature and duration of the transfer.
Statements of a witness in court would be direct evidence.
Indirect or circumstantial evidence, such as a fingerprint (physical evidence) or blood or hairs (biological evidence), would imply something, and is called trace evidence.
Evidence taken from a crime scene. Direct or circumstantial evidence? Physical or biological evidence? Class or individual evidence? Explain why this would be or would not be trace evidence.
Crime scene reconstruction involves: – forming a hypothesis – of the sequence of events – from before the crime was committed – through its commission.