Gathering Evidence

Question 1

Locard’s theory of exchange

Answer 1

Every contact leaves a trace

Question 2

Direct transfer example

Answer 2

Sitting on a seat and transferring fibres

Question 3

Indirect transfer

Answer 3

if someone else sits in the same sear as me, they leave their fibres on the seat and pick up the seat fibres, but they also pick up fibres from me even though we’ve had no contact with each other.

This is the basis of contamination.

Question 4

Random transfer

Answer 4

Fibres blowing in the wind

Question 5

Types of transfer

Answer 5

Direct
Indirect
Random

Question 6

Why do we preserve evidence?

Answer 6

• For future use in court.
  
  • For submission to the laboratory for examination
  • To stop it being damaged, destroyed or lost.
  • To use it in our case either for or against the defendant

Question 7

Form used for statements/exhibits

Answer 7

MG11

Question 8

If evidence is not correctly logged…

Answer 8

then it is not evidence and can’t be used

Question 9

Material is

Answer 9

anything coming into an investigation: statements, exhibits and documents.

Question 10

Information

Answer 10

any information given to police during the course of an investigation, by written communication, email, letter, verbally, or anonymously.

Question 11

Intelligence is

Answer 11

is information entered into the intelligence database and used as the basis for action.

Question 12

Evidence is

Answer 12

A statement (MG11) or exhibit

Question 13

ARMED - contamination of evidence

Answer 13

Added to 
Removed
Moved
Easily
Destroyed