Crime Scene Investigations:
Many crime scene investigations revolved around safeguarding the crime scenes, protecting physical evidence, and gathering and transferring the evidence for scientific evaluation. This process is based on the role that physical evidence plays in the overall investigation and determination of a suspected criminal activity. Notably, the ability for physical evidence to play its role in the overall investigation process is dependent on actions that are taken early enough during the criminal investigation process at the crime scene. In the past few years, criminal investigation processes have been enhanced by technological developments in the examination and interpretation of physical evidence obtained from the crime scene. These developments have place greater emphasis on proper documentation and preservation of evidence. The eventual significance of evidence obtained from the crime scene involves investigations that are thorough, objective, and thoughtful. Nonetheless, crime scene investigations consist of various processes such as controlling the crime…...

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References:

"A Guide for General Crime Scene Investigation: Arriving at the Crime Scene." (2009 June 1).

National Institute of Justice. Retrieved from Office of Justice Programs -- U.S. Department of Justice website:  http://www.nij.gov/topics/law-enforcement/investigations/crime-scene/guides/general-scenes/arrive.htm 

"Crime Scene Investigations: A Guide for Law Enforcement." (n.d.). National Institute of Justice. Retrieved from Office of Justice Programs -- U.S. Department of Justice website:  https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/178280.pdf 

Garrison, DH (n.d.). Protecting the Crime Scene. Retrieved October 24, 2013, from http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312020/protecting_the_crime_scene.htm

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While these standard procedure are relevant in the preservation of any crime scene, certain specifications exist when dealing with the unique challenges associated with the different types of crime scenes including homicides, rapes, arson, and nighttime crime scenes. For instance, in the case of homicide, as well as the aforementioned steps, the area must be preserved for trace evidence such as fingerprints. In the case of rapes or sexual assaults, the victim unfortunately becomes the most essential part of the crime scene and prior to medical examination, these individuals cannot bathe, shower, use the restroom, change clothes, comb hair, clean or tidy themselves, or move anything the offender might have touched (AINN, 2010, pp.1). In the case of arson, unlike burglary or homicide scenes, arson scenes are often not confirmed as actual crime scenes for hours, days or even weeks after the fire is suppressed which makes preservation exceedingly…...

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References

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. 2010. "Preserving and collecting forensic evidence." Web. Retrieved from:   [Accessed on 30 April 2012].http://www.rainn.org/get-information/aftermath-of-sexual-assault/preserving-and-collecting-forensic-evidence 

Ross, D. 2012. "Preserving the arson scene." California Fire Journal. Web. Retrieved

from:   [Accessed on 30 April 2012].http://www.carolinafirejournal.com/articles/article-detail/articleid/113/preserving-the-arson-scene.aspx 

Technical Working Group on Crime Scene Investigation. 2000. "Crime scene investigation: a guide for law enforcement." Department of Justice. Web. Retrieved from:   [Accessed on 30 April 2012].https://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles1/nij/178280.txt 

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Apparantely in good health, need to investigate insurance and other issues, get medical report.

Married, one-4-year-old son

Appears happily married with young child, no indication of turmoil in marriage; check.

Colleagues say victim was "very organized," and kept to himself, did not make friends nor enemies

Mr. T. appears to be inoffensive, not prone to situations that would engender violence.

Profession: Attorney; normal office hours 8am-5pm; known to work late on cases as necessary

Q: What type of attorney? What are recent cases? Are any controversial or involving something or someone who has a vested interest in keeping information private.

Mr. T. was wearing black pants, a shirt and tie and a wedding ring. The clothing was intact; wallet appeared to be in order, no missing money or credit cards.

Suggests this was not a crime of passion (victim killed not brutalized and left intact); no money or credit cards taken, likely no motive of theft.

Mr. T.…...

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REFERENCES

Helfgott, J. (2008). Criminal Behavior: Theories, Typologies, and Criminal Justice. Thosand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Houck and Siegel. (2010). Fundamentals of Forensic Science. Elsiver.

Koblinsky, L., et.al. (2004). DNA: Forensic and Legal Applications. Wiley-Interscience.

Myers, D. (2004). Psychology. New York: Worth Publishers.

Crime Scene Investigation:
A homicide crime has just occurred at a convenience gas station that included the presence of an employee, a mother, and her 15-year-old son who were witnesses of the crime. Upon arrival at the crime scene as a crime scene investigator at 3a.m, I found the deceased victim with an obvious gunshot wound in the chest as the first officer informed me of the present witnesses. As a crime scene investigator, my primary responsibility is the processing of tasks that are related to latent print work. Consequently, my responsibility does not involve any interviews since I'm not the case detective.

Items to Process for Latent Impressions:

While carrying out responsibilities associated with latent print work and other related tasks, there are various items that can be used processed for latent impressions. Upon arrival at this crime scene, I noticed that the scene had already been secured, integrity precautions and procedures…...

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References:

"Evidence Collection Guidelines." (n.d.). Crime Scene Investigator Network. Retrieved December 17, 2011, from  

Crime Scene Investigation: Homicide and Its Psychological Effects
Crime scene investigation is often a challenging and difficult line of work for even the most experienced law enforcement agent. There are some crimes that are more difficult to handle spiritually and emotionally than others. Crimes against children and the elderly are often most difficult to excuse and most difficult for crime scene investigators to process psychologically (Swanson, Chamelin & Territo, 1999: 313). Such investigations often result in tremendous psychological burden with time (O'Hara, 2003: 178). Homicide in generally is often difficult to recover from emotionally, and often requires the investigator become deeply involved in the forensics model or inner workings of the mind of the criminal to help solve a case (O'Hara, 2003). This can result in increasing psychological stress with time. This paper will review a recent criminal investigation of homicide to two young children and the psychological and emotional effects…...

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References:

O'Hara, G.L. (2003). A Review guide for fundamentals of criminal investigation. New York: C.C. Thomas.

Swanson, C.R., Chamelin, N.C. & Territo, L. (1999). Criminal Investigation. New York:

McGraw-Hill.

Crime Scene
Challenges: How to process the crime scene safely

etrieving a body from the water so it can be analyzed appropriately is a considerable forensic challenge. In most crime scenes, everything is supposed to remain 'as is' until forensic personnel investigate. However, a crime scene located near a body of moving water usually means that the body must be retrieved as quickly as possible, to prevent further damage to the evidence. "Nobody is supposed to move the body (other than look for ID and some superficial moving) until the coroner's investigator gets there" (Pileggi, n.d., Crime scene). The body's removal from the water must be expedited, without disturbing any vital clues. In most terrestrial settings, "sometimes the position gives them a clue as to the cause and method of death. Also they need to see if the lividity (where the blood has settled in the body, it will always go to…...

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References

Claridge, Jack. (2010). Drowning and forensics. Explore Forensics. Retrieved:

 http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/drowning.html 

Ramsland, Catherine. (2012). Underwater forensics. Crime Library. Retrieved:

 http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/underwater_forensics/6.html

Crime Sene Evidene
Laying the Foundation for Crime Sene Evidene

In reent deades, signifiant advanes in forensi tehnology and ommuniations have revolutionized the art of olleting, sharing and using evidene to proseute and onvit aused riminals. These advanes definitely make it easier for law enforement (polie and proseutors) to put riminals away, but this not at the expense of the aused's onstitutional rights to a fair trial. Therefore, ourts have established different measures for ensuring that the forensi evidene that is used against a defendant is authenti and reliable. This paper will disuss the various safeguards in plae and how law enforement navigates through the proess to maximize the benefit of the available forensi tehnology.

Generally speaking, on order for forensi evidene to be used against a defendant in ourt, the state must lay a proper foundation for that evidene. Speifially, this means the state must demonstrate that the evidene is authenti, reliable…...

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cited in the preceding footnotes, relates to the legal relevance of the expert witnesses who will present the forensic evidence and the corresponding incriminating conclusions. Thus, the relevancy question plays a crucial, if indirect role in forensic evidence.] [5: Federal Rule of Evidence 403- Exclusion of Relevant Evidence on Grounds of Prejudice, Confusion, or Waste of Time]

Laying the Foundation to Specific Forensic Evidence

As discussed briefly above, different types of crime scene evidence require very different evidentiary foundations. Common objects/samples contained at a crime scene that are examined forensically include fingerprints, blood alcohol level, blood typing, DNA testing and identification of firearms. For fingerprints, the state will have to show that the fingerprints taken at the crime scene are the ones that were tested for identification (authenticity); that the prints 'lifted' by the crime scene technician were clear enough to make the positive identification (reliability) and that the prints match those of the defendant and this fact helps prove the defendant committed the crime (relevance).

For blood alcohol, blood typing and DNA analysis, the state must show the chain of custody of the sample taken from the crime scene until the time of testing and trial (authenticity); the scientific reliability of the testing done to reach the conclusions; and that the results implicate the defendant (relevance). Finally to admit a firearm into evidence, the state must show that the firearm is the precise weapon removed from the crime scene via a chain of custody and other methods, such as through serial numbers (authenticity); that science proves the weapon matches the type of weapon used in the crime (reliability); and that the weapon helps to prove the defendant's guilt (relevance).

Conclusion

Crime scene investigation is a field with rapidly changing tools that seem to evolve almost every day as a result of the changes made in technology. However, even the simplest elements of a crime scene can still inform investigators an epic amount.
For instance, in this case, the position of the body and the weapon used represent the main forms of evidence and can help investigators uncover the elements which motivated the crime and caused it to happen. "Firearms evidence is usually encountered in crimes against persons such as homicide, assault and robbery; but may also be found in other crimes such as burglary, rape, and narcotics violations" (crime-scene-investigator.net). Thus, the very fact that this crime scene even involves a rifle means that there is a strong likelihood that it was a violent crime and that the victim was a murdered and that the case is a homicide. However, this is…...

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References

CBS. (2008, July 1). Guns Used More For Suicide Than Murder. Retrieved from CBSNews.com:  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/guns-used-more-for-suicide-than-murder/ 

Crime-scene-investigator.net. (n.d.). Physical Evidence Bulletin. Retrieved from Crime-scene-investigator.net:  http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net /CAfirearms.pdf

Fisher, B., & Fisher, D. (2012). Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Eighth Edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Cime Scene) Response:
"It gets acoss that it's a ceepy guy who's just slimy and has a fetish fo bondage. Like he can be a nomal fam guy but is actually some sick twisted kille. It also makes me want to know moe about this guy and what makes him kill." The eade seems to get the gist of the scene and undestands that the kille has a dual pesonality, one that is consideed taboo by society. I don't eally know if he can be classified as a "nomal" fam guy, but maybe that is one of the things that make him moe appealing. He is so eseved and fa emoved fom eveyone that nobody eally knows him o what he is capable of. The eade thinks that the next thing to happen in the scene will be a moe in-depth look at the fame and/o the cime scene.

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references to other crimes by well-known killers or an explanation of Charles' history with crime scene investigation. The reader thinks that the next scene will be Charles getting called to investigate another crime scene of the same killer the next day, but he will be hungover from his drinking binge the previous night.

The Importance of Effective Crime Scene Management The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the relevant literature to explain the importance of securing crime scenes in order to protect evidence from contamination and preserve it for use by the courts. In addition, a discussion concerning different methods that might be necessary to document evidence at a crime scene and different collection methods that might be used at a crime scene is followed by an explanation concerning the chain of custody and why it is important. Finally, the repercussions of failing to protect evidence or establish chain of custody is followed by an explanation concerning how an investigator or forensic expert differentiates between what is or is not evidence. A summary of the research and key findings concerning the foregoing issues are presented in the paper’s conclusion.
Review and Discussion
Why it is important to secure the crime scene and…...

Splatter
The author of this report has been asked to construct an experiment surrounding the spattering patterns of liquids at crime scenes or anywhere else where the way a drop hits and makes a pattern on a surface matters. The common example of this would be blood drop patterns at verifiable or known crime scenes. Indeed, the way in which drops fall would tend to indicate how they fell, from how far they fell, from what angle they hit the surface and what the likely cause of all of the above was. This report will list a problem statement, a hypothesis, the procedure that will be used to test the hypothesis and address the problem and a conclusion. The safety precautions used will also be listed and described. While blood and other fluid spatter can lead to varying or wild conclusions, there are certain patterns and trends that are fairly…...

Take simulated anti-A, anti-B, and anti-D and place a drop onto the labeled sections on the plate
4. Using an clean dropped drop the questioned blood into each of the three sections

5. Using a clean toothpick for each section, mix the blood

6. The formation of clumps shows that there is that type of antigen in the blood.

Observation:

Blood:

Anti-A serum

Anti-B serum

Anti-D serum

esulting Blood Type

The victims' blood: Kenny-11811B3:

No clumping

No clumping

No clumping

O-

Blood #1 found at scene- 11811B2

Clumping

Clumping

Clumping

AB+

Blood #2 found at scene- 11811B1

No clumping

No clumping

No clumping

O-

Suspect 1: Stan- 11811B6

No clumping

Clumping

No clumping

B-

Suspect 2: Cartman- 11811B4

Clumping

No clumping

Clumping

A+

Suspect 3: Kyle- 11811B5

Clumping

Clumping

Clumping

AB+

From the above chart one can see that:

1. Blood #2 found at scene belonged to the victim

2. Thus blood #1 found at scene belongs to the suspect

3. After analyzing the suspects, Kyle's blood matched the blood found at the scene and due to all the other evidence (from the other sections of the lab) we were able to…...

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REFERENCES

Schiro, G. (2010). Collection and Preservation of Evidence. Crime Scene Investigator Network.

Retrieved from:  http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net /evidenc3.html

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physical evidence include: trace evidence, impression evidence, and biological evidence.
Several examples of physical evidence include: Biological material such as blood, saliva or semen; fingerprints; hair; and fibers. Physical evidence is that evidence that consists of tangible materials such as paint, glass, ballistics, dust, dirt, and wounds (www.nfstc.org). Impression evidence is also physical evidence and it can be tire tracks, prints from shoes or boots, bite marks on a victim's body, and tool marks (for example, nicks and chips from a certain tool that was used to break into a building are part of impression evidence).

How is evidence collected, packaged, and preserved?

The Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division offers "General Evidence Guidelines" -- and the report asserts that all evidence has to be collected, handled, and stored in such a way as to "ensure" its integrity. The guidelines are presented in bullet points, and will be presented here: "Protect yourself…...

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Works Cited

National Forensics Science Technology Center. (2007). Preservation of Evidence. Retrieved June 19, 2014, from  http://www.nfstc.org .

Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division. (2011). General Evidence Handling.

Retrieved June 19, 2014, from  http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net .

Warrington, D. (2006). First Responding Officer Gives Direction to Crime Scene. Forensic Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2014, from  http://www.forensicmag.com .

This would be true although no evidence at the crime scene would connect Manson physically to the murders. The pronunciation at the crime scenes of his motive and philosophy would provide a clear line leading directly to Manson though. As the courts attempted to gain testimony against him through the young women that he'd brainwashed, the power which he levied over all of his followers became apparent. In one of the many moments of high drama characterizing the case, "the three girls shouted that they wanted to testify. The judge and everyone else was bewildered. The girls had decided that they would testify that they planned and committed the murders themselves and that Charlie had nothing to do with it." (Bardsley, 1)
Though all evidence was to the contrary, the relative failures of collecting sufficient evidence at the gruesome crime scenes would make this conviction far more difficult than perhaps…...

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Works Cited:

Bardsley, M. (2008). Charles Manson and the Manson Family. TruTV Crime Library. Online at  http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/manson/22.html 

Campbell, C.D. (2004). The Bizarre Case of Mass Murderer Charles Manson. Mystery Magazine Web. Online at  http://lifeloom.com/II2Campbell.htm 

Linder, D. (2002). The Charles Manson (Tate-LaBianca Murder) Trial. Charles Manson Trial Homepage. Online at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/manson/mansonaccount.html.

Older, C.H. (1971). Charles Manson Trial: 1970-71 - Atkins Reverses Course, A "helter Skelter" Scheme, Case Draws Presidential Remark, Manson Speaks. Law Library. Online at  http://law.jrank.org/pages/3206/Charles-Manson-Trial-1970-71.html#ixzz0dUevSoiG

lood Evidence
A POTENTIAL AND VALUALE LINK

lood evidence is an extremely valuable item in criminal justice (Schiro, 2011; NIJ, 2000; OSP, 2002; NFSTC, 2013; estino, 2013). It has the unique and undisputable potential of solving a case or a crime as it can accurately identify a participant or a victim in a crime. It can form a connection between a person and a criminal act, enhance or contradict a testimony. It sets the investigator's direction in solving the case. When blood evidence is carefully documented, collected and stored, it can be presented in court even after a number of years from the time of the commission of a crime. Most importantly, blood evidence has the potential of pinning a particular suspect down or eliminating him (Schiro, NIJ, OSP, NFSTC, estino).

The Role of Communication

In order to assure that the collection and preservation of this very essential item, open communication should be…...

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bestino (2013). Crime -- scene investigation and evidence collection. Chapter 2.

Cengage Learning Solutions: Cengage Sites. Retrieved on September 13, 2013 from http://www.cengagesites.com/academic/assets/sites/4827/bertino_chapter2.pdf

NFSTC (2013). Location and collection of evidence. Science Serving Justice: National

Forensic Science Technology Center. Retrieved on September 13, 2013 from  http://www.nfstc.org /pdi/Subject101/pdi_s01_m01_03.htm

Certainly! Here are some essay topics related to Criminal Investigations:

1. The role of evidence in criminal investigations: How is evidence collected and analyzed in criminal investigations, and what impact does it have on the outcome of a case?

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3. The challenges of conducting criminal investigations in a digital world: How has the prevalence of digital technology, such as social media and smartphones, affected the methods and....

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The psychological profiles of different types of criminals
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