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The origin of evidence.

K Inman1, N Rudin

  • 1California Department of Justice, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA.

Forensic Science International
|April 17, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Forensic science principles are expanded with the concept of divisible matter, crucial for understanding evidence transfer. This framework separates evidence generation from its analysis, enhancing forensic casework.

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Area of Science:

  • Forensic Science
  • Applied Physics
  • Chemistry

Background:

  • Forensic science relies on established principles of physics and chemistry.
  • Traditionally, five core concepts guide forensic analysis: transfer, identification, individualization, association, and reconstruction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a sixth fundamental concept for forensic science: divisible matter.
  • To introduce a new paradigm structuring forensic principles into evidence generation and analysis processes.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of existing forensic science principles.
  • Development of a new theoretical framework for understanding evidence.

Main Results:

  • The concept of divisible matter is introduced as essential for understanding physical match evidence.
  • A paradigm is proposed, dividing forensic science into evidence generation (divisible matter, transfer) and evidence processing (identification, association, reconstruction).

Conclusions:

  • The addition of divisible matter completes the fundamental conceptual paradigm of forensic science.
  • The proposed paradigm offers a clearer distinction between the scientific principles governing evidence creation and the practical processes of forensic analysis.

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