Selected Aspects of the Forensic Examination of Textile Traces

Wąs-Gubała, J.

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Selected Aspects of the Forensic Examination of Textile Traces

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Wąs-Gubała J.

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Wybrane aspekty kryminalistycznych badań śladu w postaci fragmentu wyrobu włókienniczego

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For years the practice of examining fragments of single fibres separated from textile products and transferred onto other (foreign) surfaces has been applied in order to establish a link between a person or persons and an object or the scene of a criminal event. These fibres are imperceptible or barely perceptible to the naked eye and can only be revealed through the use of certain techniques of securing such material. The evidential value of transferred fibre traces, possibly coming from a known source and recovered in the case of a specific criminal event, depends on a number of factors. The particular circumstances of the event, the way in which evidence is gathered at the crime scene, the precision of laboratory tests, the colour and type of fibres recovered, and the measurable effects of destructive processes can all enhance or lessen the evidential value of such material. In this publication, the results of multi-aspect research conducted in the area of forensic examination of fibres are presented, concerning questions relating to the interpretation of analytical results. This research has helped to illustrate how important trace fibre evidence can be in clarifying the circumstances of a wide range of crimes.

Badania odłączonych od wyrobu i przeniesionych na inne (obce) powierzchnie włókien, które ze względu na znikome rozmiary są niedostrzegalne lub słabo dostrzegalne okiem nieuzbrojonym, a ich ujawnienie jest możliwe dopiero po zastosowaniu określonych technik zabezpieczania, są od lat prowadzone w celu ustalenia związku pomiędzy osobami, osobą a miejscem zdarzenia lub przedmiotem. Wartość dowodowa odnalezionego w przypadku konkretnego zdarzenia przestępczego śladu, w postaci przeniesionego włókna mogącego pochodzić ze znanego źródła, zależy od wielu czynników. Określone okoliczności zdarzenia, sposób zabezpieczenia śladów na jego miejscu, precyzja badań laboratoryjnych, barwa i rodzaj odnalezionych włókien, mierzalne efekty procesów destrukcyjnych mogą wzmocnić lub obniżyć wartość dowodową takiego śladu. W niniejszej publikacji przedstawiono rezultaty wieloaspektowych badań, prowadzonych w tym obszarze nauk sądowych, a dotyczące między innymi zagadnień związanych z interpretacją wyników badań analitycznych. Pozwoliły one wykazać jak ważny, w wyjaśnieniu okoliczności wielu zdarzeń przestępczych, może być ślad w postaci odłączonego od wyrobu włókna.

Słowa kluczowe

single fibre fibre trace forensic examination evidential value

włókno pojedyncze ślad włókna obdukcja wartość dowodowa

Wydawca

Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Łódzki Instytut Technologiczny

Czasopismo

Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe

Rocznik

2009

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Vol. 17, no. 4 (75)

Strony

26--29

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 76 poz.

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Wąs-Gubała J.

jwas@ies.krakow.pl

Department of Criminalistics, Institute of Forensic Research, Kraków, Poland

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