ABSTRACT
Detectives assigned to the case, using the evidence at hand, start visiting and questioning witnesses. DNA evidence can be inconclusive or point detectives in a totally different direction, causing them to revisit the scene and/or some of the witnesses, or to reexamine collected data with a perspective not previously considered. Detectives work their theories until they can practically reconstruct the events leading up to the crime. As detectives acquire more background knowledge, more questions are raised, which leads them either to locate and analyze more information or to revisit the data they collected and view it through a different lens. All sources consulted must be properly documented using an academic citation format. Thirty-six percent admitted to using a citation service, specifically EasyBib, to document their sources, even when instructed to create citations from scratch.
