Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000 - NSW Ombudsman - NSW ...
Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000 - NSW Ombudsman - NSW ...
Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000 - NSW Ombudsman - NSW ...
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Term<br />
Definition / explanation<br />
Incapable person<br />
Independent person<br />
Interview friend<br />
Intimate forensic<br />
procedure<br />
Loci<br />
LAC<br />
LIMS<br />
Livescan<br />
Mass screening<br />
NCIDD<br />
Non-intimate forensic<br />
procedure<br />
POI<br />
An adult who is incapable of understanding the general nature and effect of a<br />
forensic procedure, or is incapable of indicating whether he or she consents<br />
or does not consent to a forensic procedure being carried out. The <strong>Act</strong> has<br />
separate provisions for forensic procedures conducted on incapable people.<br />
A person who is not a police officer or other person involved in the investigation<br />
of an offence. An independent person must be present to witness a volunteer<br />
sign a forensic procedure consent form, or to witness a forensic procedure<br />
which is not electronically recorded.<br />
A support person, usually a parent, guardian or legal representative, or other<br />
person acceptable to the suspect. The <strong>Act</strong> gives children, incapable adults<br />
and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suspects the right to have an interview<br />
friend present in certain circumstances.<br />
A blood sample, pubic hair sample, dental impression, saliva sample other than<br />
a buccal swab, or procedure involving the external genital or anal area or the<br />
buttocks, or the breasts of a female or a transgender person who identifies as<br />
a female, including a photograph, external examination, swab, impression of a<br />
wound, or sample taken by vacuum suction, scraping or lifting with tape.<br />
The areas of DNA analysed to generate a DNA profile. The more loci examined,<br />
the more discriminating the comparison. DAL examines nine loci to derive a<br />
DNA profile.<br />
A local area command is one of the 80 local policing regions in New South<br />
Wales.<br />
The Laboratory Information Management System is the electronic recording<br />
system used by DAL to record the receipt of samples and exhibits, and manage<br />
its DNA caseload.<br />
An inkless process which uses digital technology to scan finger and hand prints.<br />
Where Livescan is not available yet, police use the old method of ink, roller and<br />
slab.<br />
A method used to try to identify the contributor of DNA found on a victim or<br />
at a crime scene, by requesting a section of the population to volunteer DNA<br />
samples. The <strong>Act</strong> does not specifically provide for mass screenings.<br />
The National Criminal Investigation DNA Database, which is managed by<br />
CrimTrac. When fully operational, it may contain profiles derived from crime<br />
scenes, convicted offenders, suspects and volunteers, although this may<br />
depend on the legislation of individual states and territories.<br />
A procedure conducted on any part of the body (other than the genital or anal<br />
area or the buttocks or the breasts of a female or a transgender person who<br />
identifies as female), including an external examination of the body, a sample<br />
of hair other than pubic hair, a sample from a nail or under a nail, a sample<br />
obtained by swab or washing, a sample obtained by vacuum suction, scraping<br />
or lifting with tape, a hand, finger, toe or foot print, a photograph, an impression<br />
or cast of a wound, or the taking of physical measurements for biomechanical<br />
analysis.<br />
Person of interest. Police use the term very broadly, to describe a person who<br />
is a suspect or who may, at some point during an investigation, become a<br />
suspect.<br />
296<br />
<strong>NSW</strong> <strong>Ombudsman</strong><br />
DNA sampling and other forensic procedures conducted on suspects and volunteers under the <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong>