How to Enter a Crime Scene
By Dean H. Garrison, Jr. This editorial originally appeared in “The Scene”, the newsletter of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction. The yellow tape is up. There are cops everywhere, and maybe...
View ArticleWhy Crime Scene Reconstruction Does Not Answer the Why? Question
By Dean H. Garrison, Jr. This article originally appeared in the MAFS newsletter April 1996. “I tend not to try to determine why people do things at crime scenes.” -Criminalist Charles Morton...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction for the Criminal Profiler
by Daryl W. Clemens This article originally appeared in the MAFS newsletter, 27(2), April 1998. Definitions: Crime Scene Reconstruction- The use of scientific methods, physical evidence, deductive...
View ArticleInterpretation, Collection and Preservation of Glass Fragments
By Kathy Steck-Flynn A man is found dead in an abandoned house. Upon examination the medical examiner finds that the man was killed by a single gunshot to the head. Three local teens where observed...
View ArticleCrime Scene Investigation and Fingerprinting
Interesting historic video on crime scene investigation and forensic science. I have a copy as well, that I purchased on DVD from the National Archives. The date on the original is a bit unclear, but...
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Bloodstain Patterns on Textile Surfaces: A Fundamental Analysis
Bloodstains on fabric Article authored by: Stephen Michielsen, Michael Taylor, Namrata Parekh, Feng Ji Abstract Bloodstain pattern analysis, BPA, on hard surfaces (such as walls, tables, appliances,...
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Bugs: the difference between closed case and unsolved murder
MSU partners with Detroit to investigate death scenes EAST LANSING, Mich. – As bodies decompose, their types and numbers of bugs and bacteria change. Deciphering the clues they provide could mean the...
View ArticleShooting Reconstruction
Interesting article over at Forensic Magazine: Devil’s in the Details for Ed Hueske, Who Wrote the Book on Shooting Reconstructions
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2018 CSI Conference
International Crime Scene Investigators Association Annual Conference, this year we are in Nashville. Come on out and join us! http://www.icsia.org/2018-csi-conference/
View ArticleCrime Scene Search Video
This is a video produced by the FBI in the 1960’s. A lot has changed since then, but a lot remains the same as well. This isn’t a completely awful guide to searching a scene. I’m a sucker for all of...
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