Crime reconstruction

to make the fictional concept of solving a crime using powerful substances into a real and tangible science that can be applied in real life. This elaborate discipline is called forensic science, and has become a large part of law enforcement and due process of criminal investigations. While many are skeptical of the true effectiveness on the relatively new science, one can see from the multiple studies and observations of experienced scientists and crime fighters that forensic science is a…

Witness testimony is an instrument used in the field of Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement. Testimony is defined as “the oral evidence offered by a sworn witness on the stand during a criminal trial” (Pearson). Witness testimony plays a great role in the Criminal Justice system today, but the skepticism of eyewitnesses has been growing. In order to discover what has went wrong in this technique we should go back to where it was commenced. Testimony origins from the latin word “testify”, which…

The general role of the Bloodstain Pattern Analyst in a criminal investigation is to assist in the reconstruction of those events of an alleged incident that could have created the stains and stain patterns present at a crime scene, on items of physical evidence recovered from that scene and on items of clothing that were present at the crime scene. In some cases, it may be necessary to conduct a bloodstain pattern interpretation using photographs. The usefulness of individual…

Support Documents: 1 Pasco County Affidavit of Identity Theft, 1 Suntrust bank statement. RECONSTRUCTION: On 01/26/2017, the unknown suspect portrayed themself as the victim online and ordered two computers through Walmart.com. The suspect then proceeded to the store and obtained the computers. The suspect fled the store with the computers in an unknown direction, by unknown means. CRIME SCENE: Unknown INTERVIEW: I made contact with Brenda Angier. Brenda advised she is employed by Walmart at…

Stevenson, an individual is more likely to be convicted based on their identity in the United States Criminal Justice system than their manner of innocents. Yet, justice should be served on whether an individual is actually deemed as guilty of the crime committed. In 1972, prisoners were estimated to the amount of 300,000. As of 2012, the prison system has been estimated to increase to about 2,300,000 prisoners and still showcases a continual increase in society today (Power of Identity).…

people have little to no direct personal experience with crime, therefore the mass media represents crime in a certain way to the public. This is media outlets such as newspapers, television, websites, films, video games and books etc. Usually the portrayal of crime is negative or positive depending on who, what and where the crime is committed. Pearson argues that the media has encouraged a fear and fascination with crime. Media content and crime are studied in different ways. For media…

field including the FBI. Many believe that this type of profiling has no usefulness in solving crimes, however the more that is learned about how a criminal thinks the better equipped to solve crimes sooner and prevent new crimes. Psychological profiling can be used to limit the amount of suspects for a given crime. While a psychological profile will help to solve a crime, having a solid crime scene examination is a must for building a starting place for the profile to form. Introduction…

huge responsibility; in the United States of America, your eighteenth birthday is when the judicial system can legally press charges on you as an adult. But recently the juvenile court system has been tried more youth as adults for committing heinous crimes. If as a society we recognize that there is a difference between a 16 year old thing and an 18 year old level of cognition, why do we continually send youth to be treated like adults in a criminal court? Due to the lack cognitive awareness…

other areas such as immunohistochemistry (IHC) and forensic chemistry also help the investigators to complete their jobs. DNA analysis is also used to prove the relationship between 2 people such as mitochondrial DNA analysis and Y chromosome. The crime technicians collect DNA specimen that the criminals left behind so that the specimen can be used for the process of extraction DNA by PCR and STR analysis. Then, DNA will be…

technique whereby the probable characteristics of a criminal offender or offenders are predicted based on the behaviors exhibited in the commission of a crime. The job of a criminal profiler is very crucial in homicide cases. It helps the law enforcement to find and arrest the killer by knowing little details that determine possible suspects for the crime. Criminal profilers investigating serial killers have always tried to formulate some idea of the characteristics of unknown culprits as an…