The Importance of Crime Scene Photography A crime scene tells a story and the evidence there can retell the how and when the crime was committed‚ who committed it‚ why and perhaps what items have been taken. One of the first things an officer should do once he arrives at the crime scene is to secure it as quickly as possible. Investigating crimes and documenting the scene involves several steps and taking photos is part of the process. A picture is worth a thousand words and it is
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Abstract Ever since there has been crime there has been Crime Scene Investigations (CSI). Throughout the 1900’s and continuing into current day‚ technological advancements in CSI have been taken for granted. In the past‚ law enforcement (LE) agencies and investigators were not capable of having regular access to the tremendous amount of information that can be found and analyzed from a crime scene. Present days CSIs typical “tools of the trade” range from flat out boring every day devices to the
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Topic: Crime scene investigation Specific purpose: To inform my audience about Crime Scene Investigation. Central Idea: Investigating a crime scene can take hours‚ sometimes days. Introduction I. Crime scene investigation is the meeting point of science‚ logic‚ and law II. Processing a crime scene is a long‚ tedious process that involves purposeful documentation of the conditions at the scene. III. There is no typical crime scene. IV. There
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| Crime Scene Investigation | Case Study #1 | | | 1/26/2013 | OBTAINING and RECORDING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE When it comes to identifying people that have committed a criminal act‚ the most positive means is through fingerprints. When we are born‚ our fingerprints stay with us until we die and our bodies start decomposing. To the human eye our fingerprints look the same‚ however‚ further investigation will show that each of us have a unique set of friction ridges that comprise our
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Being the first to a crime scene is tough‚ but stopping the flow of traffic and consequently having your boss get mad is another thing. Amelia Sachs is about to be transferred out of patrol duty when she gets called down to a possible homicide scene. She discovers the Bone Collector’s first victim. A hand that has been stripped of flesh with a diamond ring on one of the fingers is sticking up out of the ground. Mildly panicked‚ she begins to dig up the body. Lincoln Rhyme has been paralyzed for
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detectives‚ and more specifically‚ crime scene investigators‚ is the direction of crime scene investigation‚ including the capture of evidence. CSI agents are in charge of direction of a crime scene’s evidence processing‚ as well as ensuring that two conflicting concerns are fulfilled; that the crime scene is preserved in as close to original condition as possible‚ and
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process of crime scene documentation Ceara Nicole Miller Everest Online Crime Scene Dynamics I - 1 CJE2640-12 Professor Ray Schweitzer February 2‚ 2013 Demonstrate the process of crime scene documentation In an Organized step by step approach Scene Documentation is one of the stages in the proper processing of a crime scene. The final results of a properly documented crime scene are the ability of others to take our finished product to use in either reconstructing the scene or the chain
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A Crime Scene Investigator‚ CSI‚ helps law enforcement by collecting the evidence at the scene and processing it to catch the criminal. A CSI does many things‚ such as‚ sketching the perpetrator from a description of the witness‚ photographing the scene‚ and collecting fingerprints and DNA. (Crime Scene Analyst) They are held responsible for making sure the evidence is collected thoroughly and can stand up in court for prosecution of the culprit. They can choose whether to take an oath and become
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Crime and Forensics Short-Answer Questions What constitutes a computer crime? This type of crime is the illegal exploitation of computer technologies‚ usually involving the Internet‚ to support crimes such as fraud‚ identity theft‚ sharing of information‚ and embezzlement. Exactly what is illegal varies greatly from territory to territory. Consequently‚ the growth of international data communications and in particular the Internet has made these crimes both more common and more difficult
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Crime Scene 2 Analysis of crime scene. A deceased female was found in her home on Monday‚ June 2nd. The victim was found bound to the bed and stabbed 13 times and semen was found. I will provide theories and explanations of each to help suggest why the perpetrator committed this crime. The Offender The husband is the potential suspect. He had the perfect alibi‚ he was out of town and no one would suspect him of committing the crime. He knew his wife would be home from work that day. He knew her routine
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