TRACE EVIDENCE AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL UNDER FORENSIC SCIENCE Introduction Edmond Locard‚ founder of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyon‚ France‚ developed what has become known as Locard’s Exchange Principle. This states that “every contact leaves a trace”‚ implying that a criminal will leave trace and take away trace evidence when at a crime scene. Trace evidence often refers to minute samples of a substance‚ particularly fibres‚ hairs‚ glass fragments and paint chips. Crime
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Addictions Substance and Behavior What is addiction? There are many definitions and classifications‚ but what it comes down to is: “the person loses control over their use of the substance or behavior‚ and importantly‚ they are aware of that loss of control.” Addiction is a euphoric feeling one may get from a behavior or substance. Addiction is a mental concern which researchers have related with dopamine levels in the brain. An experiment taken place in 2009 with Dr. Nora Volkow at the National
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Drug addiction choice or disease I do not think there is a clearly and completely accepted prototype for making sense of addiction‚ but no matter how someone gets addicted to drugs or alcohol‚ once they are‚ they face a difficult and sometimes deadly disease. The debate over whether alcoholism is a disease or simply a serious behavioral problem has continued for over the years. Today‚ I want to talk about what alcohol and drug addiction really is a chronic medical disease of the brain. I believe
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28th 2011 Research Paper Final Draft Addiction Does Not Discriminate Addiction does not discriminate; it does not care if one is rich‚ poor‚ famous‚ unknown‚ man‚ woman‚ or even a child. Addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer not only preying on the homeless living on the streets or the people who struggle economically but also the white collared‚ financially secure‚ and middle class. Addiction to any substance‚ including drugs or alcohol‚ is more than capable of taking control
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Please explain the Frye Standard. 1. The Frye Standard is a standard used to determine the admissibility of an expert’s scientific testimony. A court in which applies the Frye Standard must determine whether or not the method which the evidence was obtained was generally accepted by experts in the field in which it belongs. When did this standard come into effect and why? 2. The Frye Standard came out of a 1923 legal decision (Frye V United States). It was a case discussing the
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Our text indicated there are three major categories of evidence can be documentary evidence including electronic data (i.e. would be bank statements‚ any written confirmation from vendors/customers‚ emails‚ invoices‚ etc.) physical evidence (inventory count‚ fixed asset verification‚ etc.) Statements of witnesses/parties involved. Having statements or witness is a good thing as proof i.e. would be a car accident. Should you need to go to court for damage’s or medical whatever the case maybe‚ having
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Running head: DNA Evidence and Job Description/Ethics Name Course Tutor Date How would the environment affect this fragile evidence? II. Collecting Fingerprints from a Weapon Describe how you would collect a fingerprint from a weapon that could possibly have touch DNA on it as well. UNIT 9: Job Description for Latent Print Examiner Write a job description for a Latent Print Examiner. Latent Print Examiner Salary scale: Between $ 70‚000 and $
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Daniella Levy 11/19/12 MH31 Ethnography On Sunday November 18th‚ I attended my first alcohol anonymous open meeting at Gerritsen Beach. The church was called St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church‚ and the session started at 7pm. I was actually very nervous going by myself‚ so I asked my best friend to come with me for support. This meeting occurred in the basement of the church. My best friend and I began walking down the stairs into the basement‚ and we already saw people sitting around in a circle
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Drug Addiction and Crime: How Does Poverty Contribute to the Two? Poverty‚ crime‚ and addiction are social elements that create social problems. According to Reiman‚ “poverty is a source of crime” (27). Poverty in America is a major problem. In the United States‚ one out of every five children grows up in poverty (Reiman‚ 86). Many factors contribute to poverty. Some examples of these factors include: financial aspects of addiction‚ exclusion‚ images of crime‚ subcultures of
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people today are willing to believe that addiction is a disease. However‚ there are many who disagree and define it as a lack of will power or moral weakness. In order for one to have compassion for those suffering from this disease‚ they must understand the stages and characteristics of the process of addiction. Over 30 years of intensive research has taught us‚ and NIDA supports‚ that addiction is a disease of the brain. The NIDA defines drug addiction as "a brain disease characterized by compulsive
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