Assessment of Outdoor Crime Scenes

ILEETA

Thanks to Dr. Jason Birkett

Opening image of corpse after bear attack as example of forensic work removed for sensitive viewing purposes

Lincoln Crime Scene

Student’s hard at it!

Setting the Scene• Exercise criteria• Working as a team of scene of crime personnel, you are

required to attend an on-site briefing session• Each team needs to have personnel fulfilling the following

roles:Scene ManagerPhotographerScene mapperPhysical evidence collector (x 2)Vegetation assessor (x 2)

• Evidence to be recorded in situ

Examples of Evidence

Assessment Criteria

• The poster should give appropriate details of:

The site location

Site/Scene features

Personnel involved

Actions taken

Evidence identified in the field

Follow-up laboratory procedures and findings

Conclusions

Key References

Assessment Criteria

• Marks are awarded on the following key features:– Visual impact/ Impression– Creativity/Design– Presentation– Technical detail (evidence and its relevance)– Interpretation and conclusions– Overall effectiveness as a means of scientific

communication

What the students think !

• ‘Really enjoyed it. I gained valuable experience from this’

• ‘Very enjoyable and interesting’• ‘Poster presentation a good idea’• ‘Poster was a good team method of assessment’• ‘Effective and enjoyable way of being assessed’• ‘Poster presentation OK, but felt a little childish’• ‘Would like to ‘Bag and Tag’ the evidence’

A student poster

Questions/Comments/Ideas for Improvement?