DNA and Fingerprint Evidence & Identification (Part 1 of 2)

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DNA Evidence & Identification and Fingerprint Evidence & Identification

Have you ever watched CSI and wondered how they do it - how they instantly identify someone by fingerprints or DNA?

They use a Hollywood budget, tricks, graphics, and equipment not invented or not available to the average law enforcement agency budget. What is the reality? They don't!

This covers the foundational basics of Fingerprints and DNA for investigations - and is most often needed by criminal defense investigators, and also scene investigations for death and serious bodily injury (SBI) cases, as a civil or criminal defense investigator. Understanding the importance, what to look for, and what to expect to find in the official investigations are talked about.

As a civil or criminal defense investigator, you are not responding to the scene - not usually collection this evidence - you are reviewing and analyzing the scene after. As such, the discussions of this collection and processing of this evidence important. This will further enhance the student’s skills, whether a new or veteran investigator.

There are various important considerations to the case, and the scene investigation is integral. How to conduct a post-incident investigation at the scene, and how information and evidence can redefine a case are discussed. More advanced courses and programs are available directly from the course developers - contact them directly by email only for more information. Evidence for identification – suspects and decedents – includes some of the same principles as forensic evidence in criminal defense.

Evidence for identification – suspects and decedents – includes some of the same principles as forensic evidence in criminal defense.

This webinar covers:

- Fingerprints and Identification

- DNA Evidence and Identification

DNA is unique to each individual, except identical twins.

Fingerprints (palm, foot, etc.) are unique to each individual, including identical twins.

Locard's Exchange Principle states that "with contact between two items, there will be an exchange."