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1. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. Probative Value - evidences or facts which tends to prove the existence of other facts or issues in the trials. Trace Evidence
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1. Chapter 6: Fibers Wherever he steps, whatever he touches, whatever he leaves even unconsciously, will serve as silent witness against him. Not only his fingerprints or his footprints, but his hair, the fibers from his clothes, the glass he breaks, the tool marks he leaves, the paint he scratches, the blood or semen he deposits or collectsall of these and more bear mute witness against him. This is evidence that does not forget.
Paul L. Kirk (1902 1970)
Forensic scientist
2. 1 Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Probative Value - evidences or facts which tends to prove the existence of other facts or issues in the trials.
Trace Evidence small but measurable amounts of physical / biological material found at a crime scene
Class Evidence material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group
Individual Evidence a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing refresher
3. 2 Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company Fibers How fibers can be used as circumstantial evidence to link the victim, suspect, and crime scene. Why fibers are class evidence. Why statistics are important in determining the value of evidence.