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TRACE EVIDENCE: UNVEILING THE HIDDEN CLUES.

  • Published In: Servamus Community-based Safety & Security Magazine, 2025, v. 118, n. 2. P. 38 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Geldenhuys, Kotie; Espach, Herman 3 of 3

Abstract

"Whether he wants it or not, wherever he touches, whatever he leaves, even without consciousness, will serve as a silent witness against him. His fingerprints or his footprints, his hair, the fibres from his clothes, the glass he breaks, the toolmark he leaves, the paint he scratches, the blood or semen he deposits or collects. All of these and more, bear mute witness against him. This is evidence that does not forget. It is not confused by the excitement of the moment. It is not absent because human witnesses are. It is factual evidence. Physical evidence cannot be wrong, it cannot perjure itself, it cannot be wholly absent. Only human failure to find it, study and understand it, can diminish its value." - Paul L Kirk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Servamus Community-based Safety & Security Magazine. 2025/02, Vol. 118, Issue 2, p38
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biology
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:1015-2385
  • Accession Number:182810379
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