ABSTRACT
This chapter explains causal and temporal relationships present in the scene and through the various relationships define that history, bringing content and form to the analysis. The crime scene investigator accomplishes crime scene analysis or crime scene reconstruction in an effort to seek context from the physical evidence. Context is sought by correlating all of the evidence items to one another in an attempt to objectively describe the nature and order of the actions that entail the incident being investigated. This is a difficult task and one that must follow a specific methodology. The methods of crime scene analysis are not new to the investigation of crime. There are five principles that guide the crime scene analyst. The five major principles are causal connection, superposition, continuity, chronology, and relationship. In effect, the technician captures pieces of the crime scene puzzle in the hope that it might help the investigator understand the true nature of the events that transpired.
