Traces are part of the Kriminaltechnik. The science of the traces is called trace customer. The traces are analyzed and evaluated by the police (recognition service) by the trace safety device secured. After conclusion of the determinations they will hand over to the law. Many traces are at the scene, on the escape routes, at victims and at act means.

Kinds

One differentiates form-pure, material-pure, situation traces and article traces between.

Form-pure

Form-pure (also tool tools called) are the deformations at an object, resulted from effect of a trace setter. From the form-moderate condition of the trace kriminalistische conclusions are to be drawn, regarding the kind of the tool or an individual act means (hit). They cover usually daktyloskopische traces and technical traces. They appear as castings (casting pure), impressions, sliding scoring, cuts and breaks/tears.

Material-pure

Material-pure are arrears of an article (e.g. abrasion, Anrieb, splinters). It can concern mineralogical, biological or chemical traces.

Situation traces

Situation traces mark arrangement, situation and allocation of traces (trace situation) or articles to each other and to their environment. They are not examined, but only for reconstruction of the act course of events processes (production of a proof chain).

Article traces

Article traces are adhering at trace carriers. It concerns DNS traces (evaluation by DNA analysis), Daktyloskopi traces, shoe-pure, tool tools, data (e.g. computer data, data out of recordings), insects (see forensische Entomologie) and Schmauchspuren.

Regulations in Germany

Traces, which are possible for a criminal procedure or for a proceeding for assessing fines, are to be secured compellingly from the police to, i.e. they are to be guaranteed or seized. Here can be guaranteed in Germany whole buildings, areas and area (by shut-off position, catch). Non--suspects, who destroy or change traces, can be criminally sued in Germany for punishing obstruction.

For the German police the guidance scene work is obligatory - traces (ehem. manual scene work) of the Federal Criminal Investigation Office.

fictitious traces

Fictitious traces are form, material, situation and/or article traces, which were put by the author INTENTIONAL, in order to divert from the actual (unconsciously/latently left) traces consciously. They serve thus to divert and lead on a "“wrong track"” the police from the "“genuine"” traces.

Deceit-pure

Deceit-pure are traces, which likewise are at a scene, however IN NO CONNECTION to the actual act. There is before dagewesene or later which were added traces, which the police UNINTENTIONAL errs in lead can. E.G.: At 0800 o'clock happens a break-down theft (OD) in a house. The author leaves finger marks at the window as only trace. At 1000 o'clock bring the postman the post office and throw its cigarette dump into the this dump are likewise a trace, however she stands in no connection to OD. At 1200 o'clock the arriving police finds however both traces and does not know not, which trace is from the author. Therefore it takes up both, which can lead very easily to confusion. Therefore the cigarette dump is deceit pure one.

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