When a crime occurs, there are several steps to follow for whoever investigates the scene. They first identify where the crime occurred and to located all the safe and hazardous areas. By doing this, the investigators are able to narrow a specific area where the majority of the evidence occurred. When entering the scene, safety is important just in case there are some leftover traps for the responders or chemical hazards. Second, is to establish security, this means that the crime scene will have to be secured quickly for the possibly of people adding or removing evidence from the scene. Third, involves planning, communication, and coordination. Before collecting data, a theory must be formed depending on the incident that occurred this allows
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In article entitled, “Sherlock Holmes: Father of Scientific Crime and Detection” written by Stanton O. Berg, he addresses that there is more to the Holmes stories than simply providing entertainment. “I feel a strong case can be made that the famous sleuth had a decided stimulating influence on the development of modem scientific crime detection” (Berg 446). Sherlock Holmes as the inspiration for crime detection was a theory that he was interested in researching. When he compared the crime investigation processes they were both similar, the crime investigation methods must have adapted from the Sherlock Holmes series which was influenced by Dr. Bell. Edmond Locard and Hans Gross are mostly known for using the Sherlock Holmes stories crime methods and applying them to real-life crime scenes. Locard was influenced by Sherlock Holmes and credits him for the development of crime investigation methods. He states, “Sherlock Holmes was the first to realize the importance of dust, I merely copied his methods” (Berg 448). He wrote a paper entitled, “Policiers de Romains et Policiers de Laboratoire” in 1922, that discusses the importance of the influence Holmes had on crime detection and his interest in the laboratory study of dust came from the Sherlock Holmes stories. In Gross’s book entitled, “Criminal Investigation” he addresses and stands for using scientific methods. He is credited to apply the scientific methods to crime investigations and identification. Ernst Sittig who is a well-known cipher expert and linguist from Germany, that used the Holmes stories to decipher some inscriptions. One important aspect of crime investigation that Holmes began to experiment with was blood. In the documentary entitled, “How Sherlock Changed the World”, a professor named, Paul Uhlenhuth, was the first to develop a test to detect human blood, which plays an important role in crime investigation
In article entitled, “Sherlock Holmes: Father of Scientific Crime and Detection” written by Stanton O. Berg, he addresses that there is more to the Holmes stories than simply providing entertainment. “I feel a strong case can be made that the famous sleuth had a decided stimulating influence on the development of modem scientific crime detection” (Berg 446). Sherlock Holmes as the inspiration for crime detection was a theory that he was interested in researching. When he compared the crime investigation processes they were both similar, the crime investigation methods must have adapted from the Sherlock Holmes series which was influenced by Dr. Bell. Edmond Locard and Hans Gross are mostly known for using the Sherlock Holmes stories crime methods and applying them to real-life crime scenes. Locard was influenced by Sherlock Holmes and credits him for the development of crime investigation methods. He states, “Sherlock Holmes was the first to realize the importance of dust, I merely copied his methods” (Berg 448). He wrote a paper entitled, “Policiers de Romains et Policiers de Laboratoire” in 1922, that discusses the importance of the influence Holmes had on crime detection and his interest in the laboratory study of dust came from the Sherlock Holmes stories. In Gross’s book entitled, “Criminal Investigation” he addresses and stands for using scientific methods. He is credited to apply the scientific methods to crime investigations and identification. Ernst Sittig who is a well-known cipher expert and linguist from Germany, that used the Holmes stories to decipher some inscriptions. One important aspect of crime investigation that Holmes began to experiment with was blood. In the documentary entitled, “How Sherlock Changed the World”, a professor named, Paul Uhlenhuth, was the first to develop a test to detect human blood, which plays an important role in crime investigation