Erschienen in:
01.12.2012 | Letter to the Editor
Rules and scales used in measurement in the forensic setting: measured—and found wanting!
verfasst von:
J. Jason Payne-James
Erschienen in:
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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Ausgabe 4/2012
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Excerpt
The need for accurate measurement of marks, injuries or scars, and of objects, implements or weapons, in a criminal or forensic setting is paramount, as such measurement may identify evidentially important links between a mark, injury or scar, and an object, implement or weapon, which in turn may result in linking these to an individual or excluding an individual from involvement in a crime. If accurate measurements are not undertaken, that opportunity may be lost. …