Forensic investigation

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                                   Forensic investigation.

Forensic Science is the application of science to law; this is usually done though the interpretation of the events. In doing so it plays an important role in criminal convections. This is done in three main phases with allows the collection of physical evidence which can be later presented in court. The first phase is the recovery of evidence from the crime scene. The physical evidence is usually recovered, and appropriately packed, labelled and transported to the place were it can be examed in greater detail. The second phase is the examination of the forensic evidence; this is usually trace evidence such as glass shad’s hairs or fibres. The third stage is the presentations in court were the Forensic Scientist responsible will write a report on the analysis of the items in questions. This will then be used in court.

         One of the most important people in collecting the evidence at a crime scene is the Crime Scene Examiner, who will carry out the scientific investigation and use the information collected to prove legal evidence. The primary tasks of the Crime Scene Examiner is to photograph or video record the area of the crime, search and recover any forensic evidence such as DNA, fibres or fingerprints. This information will again be presented in court.

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         The scene preservation should be maintained by anyone entering the crime scene, as it will help to prevent the loss of evidence by contamination such as finger prints, the taking away of evidence for example fibres sticking to the bottom of a shoe, and the moving of evidence, this can be as simple as closing a window.

        The crime scene is considered to be an area or location that may contain evidence, which maybe in link to a crime which has been committed or most likely be committed at a later date. When going into a crime scene a systematic ...

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