Texts: What type of evidence can be recovered from the body, either dead or alive? Many different types of trace evidence can be found at a crime scene. Identify one piece of trace evidence and explain where it can be located at the crime scene. Make sure that you only post one type of trace evidence so that your classmates can post the remaining. Also, make sure that you do not use one of your classmates' pieces of trace evidence.
Bloodstain evidence can be located at a crime scene. For this week's discussion, locate an article on bloodstain evidence and provide a summary explaining how the bloodstain evidence linked the offender to the crime scene. Please do not duplicate any of your classmates' articles.
There are many different pieces of evidence that can be retrieved from DNA. Choose one type of DNA evidence and explain how you would link that piece of evidence back to the victim or offender. Discuss the scientific approach used to identify and collect various types of trace, blood, and/or other biological evidence that has the potential to resolve a criminal investigation.
Provide a detailed example of clues that can be gleaned from the detailed observation, examination, and analysis of at least two specific types of trace and/or biological evidence.
What procedures must be followed by the crime scene investigator during the evidence collection process to ensure that accurate and reliable scientific results can be obtained from a forensic analysis of the evidence? How would a crime scene investigator defend their research in a court of law?