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| physical evidence to clear a suspect to prove smb's guilt to present in court to duplicate a fingerprint to protect the crime scene a preliminary survey to take photos to cast imprints the fingerprint man to mark evidence to package evidence | вещественные доказательства снять подозрения с подозреваемого доказать чью-л. вину представить на суде сделать копию, дубликат отпечаток пальца оберегать место преступления предварительный осмотр места происшествия делать фотоснимки делать слепки дактилоскопист промаркировать улики упаковать улики |
II. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the importance of physical evidence in criminal investigation?
2. What are the most important phases of criminal investigation?
3. What is physical evidence?
4. What kind of physical evidence is of particular importance?
5. What is the main aim of the investigating officer when he arrives at a crime scene?
6. What does the photographer do at the crime scene?
7. What is done by the fingerprint man?
8. What are the final operations?
III. Find in the text English equivalents to the following Russian words
and word combinations.
1. быть очень важным
2. сбор вещественных доказательств
3. представлять особую важность
4. сохранить вещественные доказательства
5. прибыть на место преступления
6. переправить в безопасное место
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7. подозреваемый
8. вина
9. этап расследования
10. измерять
Text 3. Fingerprints
I. Read and translate the text.
Fingerprinting is the best means of identification. Fingerprints help in identifying a criminal, a victim, or a dead person. Fingerprinting is simple and reliable because the skin pattern is an individual and permanent characteristic that doesn't change with the time.
The method of fingerprinting is called dactyloscopy. This method appeared at the end of the XIX century and has been greatly improved since that time. The offender's fingerprints are often found at the scene of the crime. But the prints can be easily destroyed through careless handling. Fingerprints are often left on chairs, tables, telephones and other objects.
Theoretically, fingerprints can be forged. But a forgery can be detected with the help of a hand-lens or photographic enlargement.
