http://www.callpie.com/articles en-us N/A sgoldwag@callpie.com Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:01:17 CST 20 http://www.callpie.com/articles/articles/78/1/The-Pitfalls-of-Modern-Investigative-Methodology-Using-Negative-Corpus/Page1.html “without the body of the crime.”Many forensic investigators utilize the process of elimination in their examination. Simply stated, they use statements such as “I eliminated all other causes, thus it has to be…….” Or, “via the process of elimination, it is my conclusion that the cause is…..” These statements were acceptable for a long time in the fire investigation industry, but they are now being challenged. There are organizations that are now pursuing the freedom of alleged arsonists who were convicted without positive proof of arson. ]]> no@spam.com (Jeffrey A. Berino, CCFI, CFEI and PIE Staff Engineer Co-Authors) http://www.callpie.com/articles/articles/78/1/The-Pitfalls-of-Modern-Investigative-Methodology-Using-Negative-Corpus/Page1.html