ABSTRACT
A. Introduction ............................................................................................ 76 B. The Principles ......................................................................................... 77 C. The Processes .......................................................................................... 77
1. Identification.................................................................................... 78 2. Classification and Individualization .............................................. 78 3. Association ....................................................................................... 78 4. Reconstruction................................................................................. 79
D. Summary ................................................................................................. 80 References ........................................................................................................ 80
In 1963, Paul Kirk published a short monograph entitled
The Ontogeny of Criminalistics
. In it he states:
Remarkably, although Kirk goes on to suggest that “criminalistics is the science of individualization,” he fails to offer us the comprehensive set of fundamental principles whose absence he deplores.
