Examination and Documentation of the Crime Scene 5 September 2014 Examination and Documentation of the Crime Scene The article I read “Examination and Documentation of the Crime Scene” explained the examination process and how to go about documenting everything found at the scene. When investigating a crime scene‚ first you need to gather as much information needed. You need to use a slow approach to gather as much information while also being careful
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police contacted the Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) to investigate who did this and the criminal pattern. Crime scene investigators oversee a myriad of complex crime scenes such as armed robberies‚ home invasions‚ homicides‚ sexual assaults‚ and other property crimes. The CSI created a crime scene perimeter before investigating. CSI is responsible for collecting‚ documenting‚ securing‚ and properly storing all of the evidence found at a crime scene. Processing a crime scene can be a tedious process
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The effects of CSI The effects of CSI/ DNA In review of CSI for the influence that it has on DNA analysis involved in investigative crimes‚ there perceptions which have surmised not only by ordinary citizen’s but also by law enforcement and jurors themselves. After all they are all just people too. Shelton (2008) points out how a complaint that “…Jurors now expect us to have a DNA test for just about every case” reveals their perception of what CSI has a main objective to do (p. 2). Such perceptions
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of the ‘CSI Effect’ The Honorable Donald E. Sheldon is a felony trial judge in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan and a member of the faculty at Eastern Michigan University. In Sheldon’s article‚ The ‘CSI Effect’: Does it really exist? that was published in the National Institute of Justice‚ he discusses the craze around the “crime-fiction television dramas” and the possible effects it has on jurors in their decisions in court cases. (Sheldon‚ par. 3)With the country in complete fascination with crime-fiction
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Christa Billings Professor Nawoichyk Intro to Policing The CSI Effect There has been a rise in interest in crime fighting television series’. People think that what they are watching on television is what happens in real life and get the wrong idea about how it really works. It affects law enforcement because suspects think that they know better than experienced detectives. Jurors think that certain types of evidence need to be presented in order to convict them which makes it harder
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Synopsis: CSI is a TV show that takes place in Las Vegas with a group of crime scene investigators. In these episodes it allows you to see just how far technology has actually progressed over the years. Each episode is different and there are different aspects to each show. Just to think that how many unsolved cases there are because the crime scene was unable to be processed because lack of technology. Sociological Perspectives In this paper I will be using the interactionist perspective to
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The first and most important step in any crime scene investigation is to secure the scene. It sounds easier than it really is. The scene includes possible witnesses‚ victims and suspects. Securing the scene includes keeping unauthorized personnel from walking through the scene. The most common contamination results from police‚ ems‚ victims and witnesses. The best thing that can happen to a crime scene once it has been secured is nothing. Once the scene has been secured an interview of victims
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Advanced Forensics vs. Traditional Investigation Yvonne Alderete Criminalistics CJ 312 Professor Douglas Scheffner July 28‚ 2010 Technology has allowed our world to become much more advanced. This was never truer than in the field of forensic science. There was a time where the only evidence introduced at trials was the murder weapon and the testimony of an eyewitness. Now we have DNA‚ hair‚ fiber‚ and soil samples to analyze. We rely on forensics when decomposed bodies or skeletal
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Helgenberger as Catherine Willows‚ Las Vegas Crime Scene Investigation senior supervisor. Catherine is the glamorous commander of a crack team of forensic criminologists It was 4:30am on Christmas Eve‚ meaning it was Christmas morning to anybody who had got some sleep in the interim‚ and crime scene investigators Catherine Willows and Nick Stokes had just finished dropping off bodies and registering the evidence they’d gathered at a messy murder scene. The fatal string of Christmas lights was wound
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University—Idaho C P rime-time television is chock-full of drama centered on the criminal justice system. Programs such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‚ Law & Order‚ Criminal Minds‚ and Cold Case carry the viewer through stimulating‚ yet nearly impossible-to-solve‚ investigations that culminate with the evidence revealing the entire untold story behind a crime in one hour or less. In real life the collection and analysis of evidence involves painstaking care and rigorous application of scientific
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