A compared study in Latin America on chain of custody of evidences in criminal proceedings

Abstract

When facing a criminal act the agent who commits it, leaves traces of what had happened at the crime scene and takes with him parts of the scene and of the victim, if there are any. The chain of custody is the procedure entrusted to preserve these evidences so that they reach the oral hearing with the whole possible validity, It Is an issue rarely mentioned in criminal law doctrine and that is a broad path to go in the Latin American jurisdictions and, therefore the need for its compared study.