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  2. Trace evidence - Wikipedia

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    Trace evidence is found in many different forms with some examples including, but not limited, to fire debris, gunshot residue, glass fragments, and fibres. [2] Each of these types of evidence will have a trained analyst in that specific field who will conduct the analysis on these items.

  3. Locard's exchange principle - Wikipedia

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    Fragmentary or trace evidence is any type of material left at (or taken from) a crime scene, or the result of contact between two surfaces, such as shoes and the floor covering or soil, or fibres from where someone sat on an upholstered chair. When a crime is committed, fragmentary (or trace) evidence needs to be collected from the scene.

  4. Outline of forensic science - Wikipedia

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    Trace evidence analysis is the analysis and comparison of trace evidence including glass, paint, fibers, hair, etc. Digital forensics – application of proven scientific methods and techniques in order to recover or investigate data from electronic or digital media, often in relation to computer crime.

  5. Forensic science - Wikipedia

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    Trace evidence analysis is the analysis and comparison of trace evidence including glass, paint, fibres and hair (e.g., using micro-spectrophotometry). Wildlife forensic science applies a range of scientific disciplines to legal cases involving non-human biological evidence, to solve crimes such as poaching, animal abuse , and trade in ...

  6. Forensic profiling - Wikipedia

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    Forensic profiling is the study of trace evidence in order to develop information which can be used by police authorities. This information can be used to identify suspects and convict them in a court of law. The term "forensic" in this context refers to "information that is used in court as evidence" (Geradts & Sommer 2006, p. 10). The traces ...

  7. Transient evidence - Wikipedia

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    Transient evidence is term used in criminal forensics to indicate elements of physical evidence that might be expected to degrade or disappear within a particular time frame. [1] As such, it is one of the five primary categories of physical evidence codified in Legal Medicine by the American College of Legal Medicine, along with conditional ...

  8. Decades after his father vanished, one man wonders what role ...

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    He is serving a sentence of life without parole at a California state prison. Living the high life The fire erupted around 1 a.m. on Sept. 16, 1990, in the Kimes’ beachfront home southeast of ...

  9. Forensic photography - Wikipedia

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    For example, physical evidence (e.g., footprints, wound details, trace evidence, etc.) may require close-up images, whereas the conditions of a room may only require overall and/or midrange photography. [5] Photographs may also be supported with video recordings. [5]