Utilization of Forensic Evidence in the Criminal Justice System

Abstract

Changes in civilization and technological developments trigger criminal acts that have increasingly complex characteristics and are difficult to solve. Forensic evidence is one of the evidence that can be used to assist law enforcement officers in carrying out their duties, especially in the criminal justice system which is useful in disclosing a crime scientifically. This study aims to examine the concept of using forensic evidence or scientific evidence in an effort to uncover criminal events and how it relates to the criminal justice system. This study uses a normative method with a conceptual approach and an analytical approach to conceptually describe the position of forensic evidence in order to become a material that facilitates the performance of law enforcement in the criminal justice system. The results of the study indicate that the use of forensic evidence or scientific evidence in relation to the criminal justice system is an activity of examining evidence or matters relating to the occurrence of a crime or from the results of crime scene processing that will produce scientific instructions or information from investigative activities in the process of proving a crime.