Crime Scene Investigation
I may have told you that I am taking a forensic science class this semester. I have the class two days a week, one day is lecture, the other day is lab (based on the lecture).
First it was finding the density of an "unknown" object and identify it by matching it with controlled items. The next week was fingerprinting (which is a lot of fun, but very messy), the week after was matching fingerprints based on ridges and such. Then comes the next week.
That week was Crime Scenes. How to document and sketch and what to do, and what not to do.
This wasn't a real crime scene (if it wasn't obvious), but it helped reenact it sort of.
We were put into groups of about 4 and each given a "scene" to process, which was essentially 1/3 of a class room, occupying two class rooms.
One person sketched the scene, another marked evidence, there were measurements done, and pictures. Lucky for me I had my camera with me that day, so I got to take pictures.
Yes the desk was labeled desk, and another desk was labeled bed.
Once everything was documented, sketched, and measured, we had to bag and tag everything. Crime scene processing, it does take time, and although this was just a small little classroom, it at least gave me the feeling of what it would be like if I do end up doing this.
First it was finding the density of an "unknown" object and identify it by matching it with controlled items. The next week was fingerprinting (which is a lot of fun, but very messy), the week after was matching fingerprints based on ridges and such. Then comes the next week.
That week was Crime Scenes. How to document and sketch and what to do, and what not to do.
This wasn't a real crime scene (if it wasn't obvious), but it helped reenact it sort of.
We were put into groups of about 4 and each given a "scene" to process, which was essentially 1/3 of a class room, occupying two class rooms.
One person sketched the scene, another marked evidence, there were measurements done, and pictures. Lucky for me I had my camera with me that day, so I got to take pictures.
My professor had given us a scenario where a girl was arguing with her boyfriend in her dorm room at 2am, and the neighbor called in with a noise complaint around 3am. The police came to check it out, and this is what they found. The victim was sent to the hospital, and the suspect was gone.
Yes the desk was labeled desk, and another desk was labeled bed.It's not like we could fit a whole bed in for this one day.
Once everything was documented, sketched, and measured, we had to bag and tag everything. Crime scene processing, it does take time, and although this was just a small little classroom, it at least gave me the feeling of what it would be like if I do end up doing this.
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