Resources: Ch. 5, 8, 9, & 14 of Forensic Science

You are on a team of crime scene investigators. Your team was instructed to collect the physical evidence at a crime scene. Arriving at the crime scene your team observes the following:

• Shell casings
• Three sets of footprints (two muddy sets and one bloody set) throughout the house
• Bloody fingerprints
• Tire tracks by the side entrance of the house

Write a 1,050- to 2,100-word paper that includes the following:

• Identify the various types of physical evidence encountered at the crime scene.
• Describe the preservation and collection of the firearms evidence.
• Describe the legal issues regarding physical evidence encountered at the crime scene.
• Identify the significance of physical evidence.

Include information learned this week from the MyCrimeKit Virtual Lab activities in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Answer preview

 

A crime scene refers to an area that may be linked with an occurrence of a crime. After crimes, physical evidence is in most cases left behind, and the crime scene investigators and law enforcers engage in the collection of the evidence. A crime scene might in some cases also involve people and objects. The law enforcers must secure, protect and maintain the integrity of the crime scene so that the evidence is not contaminated. This makes them viable to be used in a court of law. In this paper, I will discuss the various types of evidence that were encountered at the crime scene, the process of preserving and collecting firearm evidence, the legal issues regarding physical evidence and finally, the importance of physical evidence….

 

(1200 words)