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Types of evidence

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Types of evidence

Physical evidence; Physical evidence refers to material objects which are involved in the

case, which rose litigation. The material is introduced and considered as evidence in the judicial

proceedings. The content is mainly aimed at proving facts on the issue based on the object's

physical features. According to the law, it is an offense to conceal, destroy, and tamper with

objective evidence.

Documentary evidence: documentary evidence refers to a paper presented and allowed

as evidence in the trial hearing. Documentary evidence is distinguished from oral evidence. The

evidence is written rather than spoken. The admissibility of the evidence is based on the

document's authenticity and the purpose of being offered.

Observational evidence: it is also referred to as empirical evidence. It refers to the type

of evidence in which information is obtained utilizing observation and behavior experimentation.

The data aims to verify the truth: Which may be accurately corresponding to reality or falsity and

inaccurate claim.

Interview evidence: interview evidence refers to questioning, interrogating, and

interviewing (Davydenko et al.,2016). They are aimed at getting the confession of a crime and

also discovering the truth. The strategy has eliminated past techniques. The techniques involved

intimidation, coercion, threats, and physical violence.

Role of forensic accountants in collecting evidence

Forensic accountants should be responsible and play a crucial role in evidence collection.

This is because the accountants have a better and deep understanding of the business, financial

systems, and information. Besides, a forensic accountant has skills and knowledge of auditing as

well as accounting. He is the most equipped person in evidence collection, which is concerned
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with financial matters. An accountant is well-trained equipped with investigative techniques and

also trained in collecting evidence. They should also play a role in fighting crime and helping the

law to combat fraud and several financial conflicts. They should also help in preparing economic

evidence and assist the court to analyze criminal, commercial activities. They should also merge

with investigation departments and other elements involved in offering review and consultancy

in courts. Besides, they should document the obtained evidence and provide recommendations on

the best strategies which need to be utilized in the case approach (Wheeler et al., 2020). The law

enforcement agencies have only be trained to gather and analyze information that only comes

from the crime scenes. They may find it challenging to investigate non- visualized crimes.

Several of the non-visual crimes include cybersecurity and financial activities crimes.

This implies that evidence collection should not only be left on the hands of law enforcement

officials. People with prior knowledge of information technology should also be involved to

collect evidence on cases related to cybersecurity. Forensic accountants should also be included

since they know the business, information, and financial matters (Mechelen et al.,2016). They

can be able to collect data which ordinary law enforcement agencies may find it hard to obtain.

Sources evidence

There are several sources of information that can be utilized to build a suspect profile.

The law agencies may obtain information from people who witnessed the suspect commit a

crime. The individual may include direct victims who observed or were involved in the offense.

The second source of evidence is interviewing the suspect. The suspect can communicate some

information that may have a substantial impact on the suspect's profile.

Information sources available to the public

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There are several sources of information that are also accessible by the general public.

Books are on the source. They are widely available in bookshops, schools as well as libraries.

The second source of information is the database. The database provides the public with

information that contains citations form magazines, newspapers, and journals. Other information

sources available to the public include newspapers, books, library catalog, internet, and

encyclopedia.

Rütten, A., Schow, D., Breda, J., Galea, G., Kohlmeier, S., Oppert, J. M., ... & van Mechelen, W.

(2016). Three types of scientific evidence to inform physical activity policy: results from

a comparative scoping review. International Journal of Public Health, 61(5), 553-563.

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References

Shved, A., & Davydenko, Y. (2016, August). The analysis of uncertainty measures with various

types of evidence. In 2016 IEEE First International Conference on Data Stream Mining

& Processing (DSMP) (pp. 61-64). IEEE.

White, C. M., Rees, C. L., Wheeler, D. W., Hamilton, D. J., & Ascoli, G. A. (2020). Molecular

expression profiles of morphologically defined hippocampal neuron types: Empirical

evidence and relational inferences. Hippocampus, 30(5), 472-487.

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