PHYSICAL EVIDENCE UTILIZATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 2261
• Author(s): B PARKER; J PETERSON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 55 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI 032
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE BERKELEY POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE USE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN PROVIDING PROOF FOR PHYSICAL LINKS BETWEEN A CRIMINAL AND HIS CRIME.

Abstract

THE DOCUMENTARY ASPECT OF RETRIEVAL, OR LABORATORY INPUT, IS THE LEVEL WHICH THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO MEASURE. SIX OBSERVERS WERE FAMILIARIZED WITH THE STUDY DESIGN AND DISCUSSED THE RECOGNITION OF PHYSICAL OBJECTS AT SITES OF VIOLENCE THAT COULD HAVE EVIDENCIARY SIGNIFICANCE. THE STUDY ALSO DIRECTED ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF RETRIEVAL IN MEASURING CRIME LABORATORY IMPACT OCCURRING ALONG THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. STATISTICAL GRAPHS AND TABLES. BIBLIOGRAPHY.