Associative Evidence
Definition
Evidence that links two parties, locations, or events to each other. The category is defined by investigative function, not by substance type: any physical item can be associative if it creates a linkage.
Related terms
- Chain of Custody
- The documented chronological record of who collected, handled, transferred, and examined a piece of evidence. For digital evidence, chain of custody includes...
- Conditional Evidence
- Evidence whose meaning comes from the state or condition of a scene at the time of the crime, not from the physical...
- Physical Evidence
- Any tangible item or material that can help establish or disprove a fact relevant to a case. Distinguished from testimonial evidence by...
- Trace Evidence
- Small quantities of material transferred between people, objects, and locations during contact. Forensic geology focuses on the geological subset of trace evidence:...
- Transient Evidence
- Evidence that changes or disappears over time regardless of investigator action: body temperature, odour, melting substances, or fleeting biological changes. Must be...
Explained in
- Physical Evidence: Nature, Types and ClassificationEvidence that links two parties, locations, or events to each other. The category is defined by investigative function, not by substance type: any physical ite...