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JS 96GY- General Crime Scene Searching and Documentation

JS 96GY- General Crime Scene Searching and Documentation. Pre class activities Quiz 2 Announcements and Assignments II. Crime Scene Investigation a. Briefing of the crime b. Assignment of roles and team captains c. Briefing of the crime. Announcements and Assignments.

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JS 96GY- General Crime Scene Searching and Documentation

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  1. JS 96GY- General Crime Scene Searching and Documentation • Pre class activities • Quiz 2 • Announcements and Assignments • II. Crime Scene Investigation • a. Briefing of the crime • b. Assignment of roles and team captains • c. Briefing of the crime

  2. Announcements and Assignments • Assignments-Required • Read Chapters 4 in Houde • Optional reading Crime Scene Investigation- NCJRS document: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/200160.pdf • Announcements: • Forensic Investigator Rosa Vega • Santa Clara ME Office – Mon 15 Sept- 1200-1315 • Santa Clara County Crime Laboratory – Weds 17 Sept TBA

  3. Crime scene exercise - Search for physical evidence • A shooting occurred at SJSU in the early morning just outside Clark Hall • A witness stated he heard 5 shots and thought they came from the lawn near the statues of the Olympians. • He then stated that he thought he saw someone clutching their arm that looked like it was bleeding. • He said the person was running away from the statues toward the path leading to the Event Center • You are assigned the following roles: • Security: 2 individuals (different teams) • Note takers: 4 individuals (different teams) • Sketchers : 4 individuals (one per team) • Photographers: 2 individuals • Media: 2 individuals • CSIs: 6 individuals • I was the witness • You were asked to secure, search, record and reconstruct. • You need to secure the scene, locate and document the evidence and collect any physical evidence found • Indicate the types of tests you would like to have conducted on the evidence.

  4. Crime Scene - Search for Physical Evidence 1- Follow upIn your teams answer the following questions. Answer the appropriate questions from the list below for your team. Identify discrepancies in your answers among your team members. What do you believe has led to the discrepancy? How would you resolve them? We will review each teams results: that is- areas of discordance in the answers both within and among teams. • Did you secure the scene? Was it active or passive? What boundaries did you set up? • Did you interview anyone before arriving? • What did you search for? Why? • What search methods did you select? Why? Did one search method work better than the other? • After you started your search, did you find anything that led you to look for other evidence? What kinds of links were you looking for? • Did you select reference points for measurements? What did you select? What measurement method did you utilize? • Did you make a rough sketch? 8. List the number and types of evidence you found. • Did you collect the evidence properly? Chain of custody, marked clearly, packaged, sealed, stored properly?

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