EVIDENCE

COLLECTION AND DETECTIONEVIDENCEINDIRECT EVIDENCE CircumstantialA fact that can be used to infer another fact.Examples: Body fluids, fibers, and expert witnesses.

DIRECT EVIDENCEEvidence that proves a fact or proposition directly, rather than by secondary deduction or inference.

Examples: Eye Witness Testimony

ConfessionTYPES OF EVIDENCE

FORENSIC EVIDENCE: Scientific evidence collected from a crime scene.

Examining the location, spread, and trajectory of blood at a crime scene. Location of the victim, perpetrator, and the type of weapon.Small pieces of evidence that are collected and are related to the victim or perpetrator.Analysis to determine shape and pattern.

Study of firearms and ammunition.

Identification of individuals.

Identification of impressions left behind when an object makes contact with a softer surface.BLOOD

TRACE

FINGERPRINTS

BALLISTICS

DNA EVIDENCE

IMPRESSION TYPESFORENSIC SCIENCE

The application of various sciences to answer questions relating examination and comparison of biological evidence, trace evidence, impression evidence (fingerprints, shoeprints, tire tracks), controlled substances, firearms, and other evidence from criminal investigations.CRIMINALISTICS

Forensic Dentistry

Dental Evidence

Age and identification

Bite Marks

Forensic Odontology

Investigations involving poisoning

Visual

Physical

Forensic Toxicology

Failure of devices and structures

Reverse engineeringInspection of witness statementsStandard investigation

Forensic Engineering

Interpretation of economic damage evidence that includes lost earnings and benefits, lost values, replacement costs, and medical care costs.

Vs.

Study and interpretation of accounting evidence.Forensic Economics vs. Forensic AccountingLegal aspects of human behavior

Child custodyChild abuse:Emotional, physical, and sexual natureCompetencyPersonal capacity to manage ones own affairsCriminal responsibilitySentencing: Mitigating and aggravating

Forensic Psychology vs. Forensic PsychiatryRecovery and identification of skeletal remains of a dead body.Forensic Anthropology

Examination of infesting insects, in, on, and around human remains in order to assist with determination in time and location of death.Forensic Entomology

Bad to the BoneGeorge ThorogoodOther1959.1829