ISC Exam Questions

What principal allows us to identify aspects of the person responsible for a crime when, whenever co

What principal allows us to identify aspects of the person responsible for a crime when, whenever committing a crime, the perpetrator takes something with him and leaves something behind?

A.
Meyer�s principal of legal impunity

B.
Criminalistic principals

C.
IOCE/Group of 8 Nations principals for computer forensics

D.
Locard�s principle of exchange

Explanation:
D: Locards principle of exchange states that when a crime is committed, the perpetrators leave something behind and take something with them, hence the exchange. Th is principle allows us to identify aspects of the persons responsible, even with a purely digital crime scene. Page 530.