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In four pages, this paper considers the physical evidence collection, packaging, and preservation of blood, fingerprints, and firearms. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.
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that tends to prove or disprove a point in question. It may be used to reconstruct the crime, identify the participants, confirm or discredit an alibi" (p. 105).
Therefore, physical evidence at a crime scene must be properly collected, packaged, and preserved in order to bring a guilty suspect to justice or to clear a suspect that has
been unfairly charged. The usefulness of physical evidence in crime solving is three-fold. First, it presents verification that a crime has been committed. Second, it can identify
the person or persons responsible for committing the crime. Third, it can exonerate a person who has fallen under police suspicion (Horswell, 2004). Three crucial types of physical
evidence - blood, fingerprints, firearms - must be carefully handled so they can be admissible in court. Although many people are familiar with crime scene investigations because of the
successful CSI franchise, the processes involved are often far more complex than portrayed in a 60-minute television series. After the crime scene has been documented, technicians can begin collecting the
most fragile (or most quickly degraded) pieces of physical evidence (Horswell, 2004). Pools of blood are collected as whole blood on a piece of sterilized cotton line that must
be completely air-dried at room temperature (Horswell, 2004). It is then refrigerated and expediently transported to a forensic laboratory for further analysis. Delays or overheating can irreparably damage
important blood evidence (Horswell, 2004). Clothing should be hung in a properly vented room to dry or rolled in paper and then placed individually into paper bags that are
properly sealed and labeled (Horswell, 2004). Small solid objects that contain bloodstains should be transported whole to the forensic laboratory after being packaged and label (Horswell, 2004). Large
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