Problems of Forensic Sciences 2001 Vol. 46 (XLVI) 68-75
RETAINING PHYSICAL TRACES AND EVIDENCE
Otmar LENERTZ
Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden, Germany
Streszczenie
In crime-scene work done after capital crimes or violent terrorist attacks, all kinds of physical traces and items of evidence have to be dealt with. When investigating the crime-scene, the criminal importance and the evidentiary value of the physical traces and evidence secured is not always apparent, the reason why frequently large quantities of evidence are recovered which could be significant for clearing up the crime. The definite marking of the physical traces and the evidence which will later facilitate their exact assignment to the position at the crime-scene is very important and at the same time often difficult. The crime-scene unit of the Bundeskriminalamt have developed a method of retaining evidence in which one individual number is allocated to every physical trace and every item located which shows at once from which part of the crime-scene this physical trace or the item originates. This has proved to be a good method in particular when investigating crimes committed at very large scenes or when there are several crime-scenes and in those cases where a particularly large amount of physical traces and items of evidence are developed.
Słowa kluczowe
Crime scene; Physical traces; Evidence retaining.