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dc.contributor.authorHouck, Max Michael
dc.contributor.supervisorDr. Simon Lewis
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:09:08Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:09:08Z
dc.date.created2010-09-28T05:08:10Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1568
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This thesis lays the groundwork for a philosophy of forensic science. Forensic science is a historical science, much like archaeology and geology, which operates by the analysis and understanding of the physical remnants of past criminal activity. Native and non-native principles guide forensic science’s operation, application, and interpretations. The production history of mass-produced goods is embedded in the finished product, called the supply chain. The supply chain solidifies much of the specificity and resolution of the evidentiary significance of that product. Forensic science has not had an over-arching view of this production history integrated into its methods or instruction. This thesis offers provenance as the dominant factor for much of the inherent significance of mass-produced goods that become evidence.

dc.languageen
dc.publisherCurtin University
dc.subjectprovenance
dc.subjectphysical remnants
dc.subjectphilosophy
dc.subjectsupply chain
dc.subjectmass-produced goods
dc.subjectforensic science
dc.subjectevidentiary significance
dc.subjectcriminal activity
dc.titleAn investigation into the foundational principles of forensic science
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.educationLevelPhD
curtin.departmentDepartment of Chemistry
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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