Circumstantial evidence

defined by Saferstein (2015), as a list of all the people who have handled or examined the piece of evidence. The chain of custody refers to the chronological documentation, that shows the names of the people who have examined or handled the evidence (Saferstein, 2015). According to Saferstein (2015), obeying the standard procedures of evidence treatment and examination, it can promise that the evidence can endure any questioning by the defence in a courtroom. Houck & Siegel (2015) stated that…

well as their own. When dealing with a real crime, police officers are the ones who investigate, interview and arrest people while forensic scientists deal with the crime scene, dead bodies and any other type of evidence left at the…

the crime itself. There are many components of crime scene investigation and each is critical to ensuring accurate evidence is gathered from the scene. This paper will discuss the steps in the crime scene investigation process, the different types of investigations for different types of crimes, and finally see the process in action in the form of a case study where crime scene evidence was instrumental in ensuring the correct individual was held accountable for the crime committed against two…

The effect of personal anecdotal evidence on confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is the common human tendency to notice or seek out information which confirms our already existing beliefs while ignoring evidence which conflicts our beliefs. It is particularly prevalent in cases where our beliefs are mere prejudice or based on superstition. Confirmation bias is the reason why many people believe in the supernatural such as ESP, lucky charms or the lunar effect: a claim that human behaviour is…

examining the scene. They should never include their own opinions or make a story, as the final report should tell a story. Finally within the notes the examiner would also write in any other information that they think may be relevant or pieces of evidence with may help to solve the case such as damage to the crime scene inside…

for admissibility of evidence are that it must be relevant, contain a probative value, and must be free of prejudicial bias. The evidence is relevant if it has the propensity to make a fact more or less credible than it would be without the evidence, and the facts of consequence in determining the action. The probative value depends on satisfying the basic requirement of relevancy as described above, but also upon the existence of any matter of fact. For example, if evidence of a spoken…

Ardently, Criminalist Pete Evett was collecting fiber evidence from the scene of a murder. However, the decisions that Pete Evett will make in his collection process are not the suitable methods that he should utilize to collect the evidence. As Pete enters the crime scene he notices fibers on the victim’s shirt and trousers, and he places both of these items in a plastic bag. Then, he notices fibers on a sheet near the victim and he balls the sheet up and places it in a separate bag. Finally,…

Physical evidence that is left behind in a crime scene plays and important role in reconstructing the various events that took place during the crime . Crime scene reconstruction depends upon joint efforts of law enforcement personnels, medical examiners and criminologist to find the physical evidence and to understand the events that surrounds the occurrence of a crime. If there is a bloodstains then the location and the distribution of the blood stain along with the spatters maybe useful in…

investigators (CSI) is an investigator, that is in charge of the crime scene cases. The crime scene investigator responsibility is to properly document the scene and identify, process and collect physical evidence. Their expertise is in photography, sketching, processing latent and patent evidence, which includes fingerprints, footwear impressions, trace, hair & fibers, biological fluid, such as DNA and blood spatter pattern analysis. Police officers, or law enforcement, focuses on…

Serial a podcast by Sarah Koenig she introduce a case about a young man named Adnan Syed of him killing his ex-girlfriend, but in his trial they had very diminutive evidence that could've put Adnan away to jail. The case was very vague and didn't have much detail on the background of how he did it there was no evidence found on him. Adnan has been in jail for 17 years and wants a retrial and they don't give him that because it was something that happened 17 years ago and they don't have Adnan’s…