To Account for Post-Discovery Influences, a Record Must Be Kept

question 20

Multiple Choice

To account for post-discovery influences, a record must be kept of the people, places, and processes that the evidence has endured since the time of its recognition at the scene. What is this record called?

• A) Chain of custody
• B) Evidence record
• C) Evidence log
• D) Custody record

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Definitions:

Critical

Involving analysis of the merits and faults of a concept, artwork, or argument, often with a focus on discerning and evaluating.

Interpretive Approaches

Research methodologies that aim to understand the world from the perspective of those being studied, focusing on symbolic meaning and social constructions.

Communication Research

focuses on the study of how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media.

Observation

The active acquisition of information from a primary source using the senses or instruments.