Criminology - Unit 3 - AC 1.3 ,2023 with complete solution

What is physical evidence? Actual physical material such as DNA, weapons, stolen goods tecovered from the suspect. What is testimonial evidence? Written or oral statements from the victims, eye wittnesses, expert witnesses and defendants. Locard's Exchange Principle states that when a criminal comes in contact with an object or person, a cross-transfer of evidence occurs What types of DNA are classed as evidence? Blood Semen Saliva Skin Flakes Hair What are the 3 types of fingerprint? Latent Prints - Invisible to the eye Patent Prints - Visable to the eye Plastic Prints - Three dimensional shapes moulded by hands. What is impression evidence? Bite Marks Shoeprints Tire Marks What are the types of trace evidence? Type of material that can be transferred onto induviduals from crime scenes Fibres Paint Glass Fragments Soils Insects case study - barry george Barry George shot BBC's Jill Dando outside her home in 1999, part of the case against him was trace evidnce in the form on a single microsopic particle of gunshot residue found in his pocket a year later. What is testimonial evidence? A written or spoken piece of evidence taken from a witness to support either the prosecutor or defendants case. case study - Sally Clarke Was charged for the murder of her two sons. Paediatrician's testimony was flawed, claimed that the chances of her sons suffering a cot death be 1 in 73 million. Experts later claimed there was no statistical basis for that claim and expressed concern for the misuse of statistics at court.