ABSTRACT

A second classification of crime scenes is based on size. Under this classification, a single macroscopic crime scene is composed of many crime scenes. For example, a gunshot victim’s body dumped in a field represents the following crime scenes within the overall crime scene of the field: the body, the body’s wounds, and the ground around the body. The microscopic classification of the scene is more focused on the specific types of physical evidence found at macroscopic crime scenes. Using the previous example, the microscopic crime scenes are the trace evidence on the body, the gunshot residue around the wound, and the tire tread marks in the ground next to the body.