high drug problem in

1970s
USA

the police and courts

were force to increase
their reliance on new
forms of evidence, in
such fields as DNA and
biological substances.

this is the review of the

physical evidence was physical evidence by
available at most crime 1. identification and competent crime.
scenes classification

the DNA is better and this means that the

more conclusive than examiner concludes the
fingerprints 2. common origin source of the evidence,
either a person or a
rates of offenses with substance.
evidence scientifically
analyzed were about this allow the
3. reconstruction or
three times greater hypothesizing of the
corroboration
1980s than in cases where events.
such evidence was not
used. those are conclusions
that the substance is
found not what the
investigatory
hypothesized it to be
Scientific laboratory
techniques hold the 4. diferent orgin or that means that is a lab
potential of developing negative ID result that states two or
information from the more items of evidence,
physical clues left at the from not a common
crime scene origin.

it is born from the

the response by patrol comparison btwn an
and investigation item of evidence and a
its submission to 5. inconclusive
the report of a crime to personnel the search for and standard material, it
laboratories, physical
police collection of evidence can be plastic, glass,
evidence
paint and stuff.
IMPACT OF FORENSIC
EVIDENCE IN THE TYPE OF CRIMES DATA
BEGINNING DIFFERENT INFO BASES
CRIMINAL BASE
JUSTICE PROCESS

most assaults took

place indoors

btwn young people 40% was domestic

with previous relations violence
1. aggravated assaults
made physical evidence weapons, firearms,
No witness
the leading category bullets

committed by young against older females

male people and withes victims.

police collected
physical evidence and
substrates
2. burglary
remaining 28% of the
cases were solves by
testimony from witness

suspects were young

males

knew their victims in a

45% of the cases

76% of the homicides

3. homicide
had at least one witness

97% of homicides
firearms, and natural/
depends on the type of resulted in physical
synthetic materials,
crime we can have evidence
different perspectives
all of the victims were 54% of them were
bout the crime process
female withes

the 46% of this number

were black
the suspects were male under 30 years old
4. rape the 21% of the cases
were latinos

64% of the cases had biological and natural/

physical evidence synthetic materials

suspected blood

suspected saliva

suspected semen

DNA material

high percentage of male

racial group, either

under 30 years old
black and latin

victims and suspects

5. robbery ocurred mostly on street
were strangers

25% of the cases like latent prints,

colected physical natural and synthetic
evidence materials, weapons