Scene Investigation

Describe other systems of scene recording. M 7. Discuss the methods of hand drawing of the scene. M 8. Review the trace methodology available in the forensic examination

of the scene. M 9. Delineate the dualistic approach of divided authority (medical

examiner and police) at the scene investigation. Describe its advantages and problems. M

10. What is a police-dominated scene in comparison to a medicalexaminer-dominated scene? M

11. Discuss the handling and documentation of personal property and valuables at open public scenes and closed private scenes. M

12. Delineate the activities of the medical examiner/coroner in the hospital scene and the expressed rights, duties, and obligations of the medical personnel in attendance. M

13. Discuss the axiom “the autopsy veriŽes the scene.” M 14. Discuss the necessity of the forensic pathologist at the scene and

compare it with the systems where the forensic pathologist does not go to the scene. M

15. Relate the utility of a member of the prosecutor’s o•ce assisting at the scene investigation. M

16. Discuss the limiting factors in manpower attendance and skills at the scene investigation. M

17. Describe the historic development of the lay medical examiner in the United States. M

18. Relate the major problems arising from a hasty, incomplete scene investigation. M

19. Discuss the role of the medical examiner in the distinction/recognition of “immediate suspects” in homicide cases. M

20. Identify the contents of a properly organized and equipped scene instrument and equipment container. M

21. What instruments and tools are useful in the investigation of the following special scenes? M

Automobile accidents Motorcycle accidents Industrial accidents Electrocutions

Chemical poisonings Jail deaths Suspected homicidal poisonings

in cases of putrefying odoriferous bodies. What services are provided? M

23. Relate the medical examiner’s activities to the maintenance of proper hygiene in putrefaction cases. M

24. Discuss the management and utilization with correlation of the evidence taken at the scene to include evidence from the medical examiner, police, Žre department, social workers, and other assigned investigators including the district attorney. M

25. Discuss the subpoena powers of the medical examiner in terms of activities at a scene. Is the operating room of the hospital in which a homicide victim dies considered a part of a murder scene? Discuss the obtaining of evidence from the operation area. M

26. Discuss the role of the medical examiner in instances where the scene is destroyed, intentionally or unintentionally. M

27. Relate the manner in which proper scene management discipline may be maintained and supervised. M

28. Give an illustration of medical examiner harassment at a scene. What are the guidelines for participant photography at a scene? M

29. Discuss the relationship of the scene and its Žndings to the need for instantaneous press coverage of the events. M

30. Discuss the duties of the medical examiner/coroner in the instance of a scene associated with possible highly communicable and contagious diseases. M

31. Discuss the activities of the medical examiner/coroner in the instance of death at sea. M

32. Discuss the powers, responsibilities, and activities of the medical examiner/coroner in the instance of death en route in an airplane, train, or boat. M

33. Discuss the problems arising in motor transit deaths with certiŽ- cation occurring outside the jurisdiction of the medical examiner/ coroner. M

34. Describe the appropriate specimens to be taken at the scene in contrast to those to be taken at the morgue. What is the advantage of scene-secured specimens? What is the advantage of specimens obtained at the morgue? M

35. Describe the advantages of the use of forensic entomology in scene investigation. M

36. Relate the role of the forensic botanist and the forensic anthropologist to appropriate scene investigation activities. M

on the nature of soils and soil types. M

recovered. Trace a logical order of assessments that would be made over a set of these bones. M

39. Describe the procedure for procuring forensic science support for the mass examination of bodies in disaster areas. M

40. Describe the utilization of emergency refrigeration facilities for small, intermediate, and large groups of bodies. M

41. Discuss the relationship of the scene investigation to the functions and duties of the funeral director/undertaker. M

42. Discuss the relationship of the scene examiner to the variable religious factors found in the typical American population. M

43. In an industrial scene workup, how are appropriate environmental controls and samples to be taken? M

44. Describe a typical death scene related to the following crimes: M Sodomy with asphyxiation Alcoholism with falls on furniture Rape of a geriatric female Manic psychosis in a closed cell Epileptic furor in a domestic scene

45. Describe the scene investigation report of a fantasized (hidden and sequestered) crime. M

46. Discuss the methods of body part study and identiŽcation, and relate their entry into an appropriate forensic informatics so¤ware program. M

47. Discuss methods of scene investigation and management with very specialized forensic scene investigators; include methods and systems of marking evidence at crime scenes. M

48. Multiple crime scenes may be worked by one or many departments. Discuss the logistics of multiple scenes and how the evidence is logged and booked. M

49. Provide a protocol for management of images from security cameras located at:

Homes Apartments Businesses Vehicles (cars and trucks) School buses and train cars Stores and parking lots Jails and police stations

and protected? M

of blood alcohol measurements? M

52. Describe the di§erences and uses of elution and extraction in rape examination. M

53. Describe the recent technical changes in the presentation of the crime scene to a judge or jury. Discuss photography, videography, mock-up presentations, and cartoon technology. M

54. Discuss the management and numbering of crime scenes complicated with multiple investigators, multiple scenes, and multiple incidents. Identify how the manager of the master list of evidence is chosen and employed.