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common law
derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals
- what all provinces and territories adhere to
crim code of canada
- acts respecting criminal law
- defines criminal acts and procedures in canada
Locard's Exchange Principle
Every contact leaves a trace
crime scene
any physical scene that may provide evidence of a crime
crime scene evidence
- physical items that provide connection or associating b/w persons/objects
- can be anything
scientific method and frsc science
- observation: crime scene evidence
- formulation of hypothesis: location of victim, whose blood is it
,- use of hypothesis: does it explain whatis seen
- experimentation: validate or invalidate hypothesis
Brenda Waudby
- wrongfully convicted of murdering her daughter
- evidence from autopsy, a hair, retained by Dr Charles Smith and not submitted for
DNA testing at that time
what are crime scene examiners responsible for
- recording, documenting and examining the scene
- the collection and preservation of evidence
- submitting exhibits for further experimentation
- testifying in court
- no tunnel vision
- supporting front line officers
exhibit photos
A specific set of photos of an exhibit/object/piece of evidence
- defined procesed
scene photos
- general photos taken of scene prior to processing
- shows everything as found
- not defined process
whats the right way to hold a camera
right hand holds camera body by right side and left hand holds barrel of lens from
underneath
,things to check before starting photography
- is scene safe to photo
- PPE
- have authority?
- what type of scene is it
what order should crime scene photos be take in
from general to specific (overall to closeup)
what are the required photos for a specific item
- overall
- midrange
- closeup
- closeup w scale
what kind of camera is used for crime scene photography
digital single lens reflex
how is a digital photograph made
- when light sensitive microchip (sensor) captures light on each of millions of pixels
- light is recorder on each pixel as a specific electric charge which is read by the camera
as image information which is stored as a file on a memory card
charged coupled device
- digital version of film
- contains millions of silicon photo sensors
- each sensor is a pixel or picture element
- image passes through lens and focused onto CCD filmplate
, JPEG
- most common
- lossy format
- lose some quality every time its opened and closed
TIFF
- high quality
- large files
- lossless compression
- useful when opening/saving files repeatedly
RAW
- proprietary format
- OG data, no standards
- stores the highest quality images
- called the digital negative
- each camera brand has their own
exposure
amount of light that reaches the camera sensor (CCD)
which camera settings affect the exposure
- aperture
- shutter speed
- camera ISO
aperture
size of opening in camera lens through which light passes