evidence tampering
Altering crime scenes
Evidence tampering is the deliberate alteration, destruction, concealment, or fabrication of evidence, especially in legal proceedings.
It's a criminal offense that can include planting false evidence, destroying documents, contaminating physical samples, or coaching witnesses to lie: The detective was charged with evidence tampering after surveillance footage showed him removing items from the crime scene.
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- forensic analysisScientific examination for legal proceedings
- perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty
witness intimidation · alteration · tamper-evident seals · audit trails · spoliation · mislabeling · fabrication · contamination · forgery · cover up · obstruction of justice · fraud · criminal liability · paper trail · incriminating · surveillance · gloves · witness
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- courtroom ethicsconfidentiality, impartiality, conflict of interest, attorney-client privilege, prosecutorial misconduct
- criminal chargesarson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping, robbery
evidence tamperingchain of custody
Documented evidence handling sequence