9th March Locard's Principle
What does Locard Principle mean?
Criminal takes = Something in; Fingers, shoes
Leaves = Something left; Fingerprints, shoe prints
What can be left behind at the crime scene?
- Finger Prints
- Shoes prints
- Tools left behind
- Blood
- Fibres of clothing
- Broken Fingernails
- Identification
- DNA
- Hair
- Evidence
- Witness
- CCTV
- Leave family member behind
- Licence plate
- Clothing
- Body
- Bullets
- Knife
- Tyre tracks
- Bodily Fluids
- Trace Evidence
- Digital Evidence
- Biological Evidence
- Latent print Evidence
Any of these can be linked into evidence. These are the things that can be used to identify the criminal.
Who collects the evidence?
Forensic Technician
Police
What do they use?
- Gloves
- Camera
- Stuff for moulds of footprints + Tyres
- Tweezers
- Bags for sample
