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A crime scene is a location where an illegal act took place Crime scene can be anywhere

Crime Scene analysis is a combination of criminalistics and criminology.

Criminalistics – is science that provides physical evidence

First 24 hrs – is most crucial

Evidence: testimonial vs. physical

TESTIMONIAL- comes from anyone who was near the scene and saw something

Physical- 5 categories: Temporary, Conditional, Associative, Pattern, and Trace/Transfer

Ex. Fingerprints, Impressions from tools, shoes, car tires, fabric, and teeth, Body fluids, Hair/ fingernail, Trace evidence(glass), Weapons(shell casings), Questioned documents

The evidence used to- solve crime, find suspects, pressure suspects into giving confessions

Crime kit: Tape, chalk, magnifying glass, flashlight, tweezers, camera, recorder, gloves, string, measuring implements, lint pick-up adhesive roller, portable light-infrared, ultraviolet, or laser

Anthropologist: exmines bones

Artist/sculptor- sketches

Accountant- financial investigations

Ballistics- firearms and bullets

Chemist/trace- molecular component of pieces of evidence

Dactyloscopist- anayzs fingerprints

Entomologist- find time of death and decay

Geologist- soil content – body location

Geographical- where killer may live

Linguist- spoken or written words

Odontologist- Teeth

Serologist- blood, DNA

Coroner- works with the body, investigates all deaths by violence, criminal means, suicide, orders autopsies, provides indentification of victims, conducts inquests, hold unidentified remains in the morgue, keeps violent death statistics

Almost everything is photographed

The body is photographed from 5 angles