Learn the terms of forensic science, one day at a time. From the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute. http://www.forensicsinthenews.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:37:35 -0600 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:36:41 -0600 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ http://www.forensicsinthenews.comhttp://www.theforensicexaminer.com/lightbarftn.gif A system used to keep track of who handles a piece of evidence and why. Every link in the chain is documented, from the discovery of the item at the crime scene, right through to court. If the chain of custody is broken at any point, the evidence is inadmissible, and therefore useless.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ForensicsWordOfTheDay?a=oDyodxnhc8o:Gq-v-B7azo0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ForensicsWordOfTheDay?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ForensicsWordOfTheDay?a=oDyodxnhc8o:Gq-v-B7azo0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ForensicsWordOfTheDay?i=oDyodxnhc8o:Gq-v-B7azo0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ForensicsWordOfTheDay?a=oDyodxnhc8o:Gq-v-B7azo0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ForensicsWordOfTheDay?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForensicsWordOfTheDay/~3/oDyodxnhc8o/glossary.html 6AFB596C-8BCB-457D-8D39-ED8CAE8A1929-10290-0000592BB67AEA6C-FFA Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:37:35 -0600 http://www.forensicsciencecentral.bravehost.com/glossary.html