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Aspects of Evidence Management
Aspects of Evidence Management
collected in a fashion which does not compromise the nature of the evidence
kept in a fashion which maintains the nature of the evidence[citation needed]
handled in a fashion which allows no doubt that the evidence could not have been accidentally
or deliberately altered or substituted
that is, the evidence presented for the proof is the exact evidence collected.[1][verification needed][2]
Evidence management requiries the techniques used in:
warehousing and inventory control, of many items of evidence related to many events
curation and keeping of delicate and sensitive items, of a broad range in type of material and
size
Main articles: Collection curation and Digital curation
secure custodianship and handover of responsibility, from the time and place of collection to the
time and place of presentation as elements of a proof, often called either chain of
custody or evidence continuity
Main article: Chain of custody
Evidence lifetime
Evidence must be managed and administered over its entire lifetime. The lifetime of a piece of
evidence includes a number of key stages,[3][4] from the piece of evidence's acquisition to its eventual
disposal:
Physical container
Main article: Security bag
The physical containers used to store items of evidence are sometimes called evidence
storage units The packaging used to store evidence perform a number of functions. These
include: