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Author: James E. Girard
Title: Criminalistics: Forensic Science and Crime
Chapter Outcomes
After reading this chapter, you will be able to:
 
  • Common objects found at a crime scene that qualify as physical evidence
  • Different types of crime labs and their organization
  • The functions performed by a forensic scientist
  • Class and individual characteristics of physical evidence
  • Reconstruction of a crime scene
  • The admissibility of physical evidence and the role of an expert in court
Link: Jones and Bartlett Publishers