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The "forensic" in "forensic science" - part A

The "forensic" in "forensic science" - Part A

Next we have to think about the nature and limitations of the evidence that our scientific tests have delivered and consider their evidential value in the context of the investigation.

Activity 2 at the beginning of the video is a reference to the previous material relating to what forensic science is (discussed in Step 6.2.

Our definition of forensic science is centred on the concept of reliable evidence, what “evidence” can mean (inceptive, exclusionary, corroborative and associative evidence) how and in what way it can contribute to an investigation.

The video looks at the four examples of evidence from our case and discusses each one in turn.

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