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1CRIME SCENE RECONSTRUCTION AND ANALYSISCrime Scene Reconstruction and AnalysisGary A McAvinAKA Gavin
 
Crime Scene Reconstruction2Crime Scene Reconstruction and AnalysisWhy do we have crime scene reconstruction and analysis? How did criminologyoriginate and develop into the science it has now become? Most important is; who or what willspeak for the silenced victim of a brutal homicide? The victim has been silenced and all thatremains is their lifeless body. No other humans witnessed this barbarous event except the victimnow deceased and;the perpetrator or UNSUB as BAU calls them. Were any indicatorsor evidence left that will lead to the capture and prosecution of the suspect? What can now be donefor the victim other than burial? And; how does one go about finding out what exactlyhappened? By utilizing something called crime scene reconstruction!Whatis by definition crime scene reconstruction and analysis? “The use of scientificmethods, physical evidence, deductive and inductive reasoning, and their interrelationships togain explicit knowledge of the series of events that surround the commission of a crime.” -Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction. (http://www.acsr.org/
 
) Crime scene reconstructionis more comprehensiveand focused on final problem resolutions than criminal investigativeanalysis. A foremost forensic analyst and crime scene investigator hasthis to say aboutreconstruction. “Reconstruction is different from re-enactment, re-creation, and criminal profiling.” (Lee, et. al., 2001: 272)When should reconstruction be undertaken?“Crime-scene reconstruction is of value when reconstruction is started at the scene duringthe initial phases of the investigation, during the investigation, and during the adjudication process. The reconstruction analyst may determine, while the interviews are being conducted, if the stories being told by the victims, witnesses, and/or suspects are true. By knowing the eventsas reconstructed, the detectives conducting the interviews may be able to detect deception or 
 
Crime Scene Reconstruction3inconsistencies. The use of this knowledge can be a powerful tool in the hands of an experiencedinvestigator.” (Turvey 1999: 78-9)Who set the standards and who were the forerunners of this process that is used to makeaccurate and determinate analysis? Who provided the pattern observed by the investigators atthe scene of today’s homicide setting? The progressive investigative pattern can be seen in procedural steps to be followed at every crime scene. At the crime scene the following steps arefollowed for each item of evidence: “Recognition, Preservation, Documentation, Collection,Transportation, Identification/classification, Comparison, Individuation, andInterpretation/reconstruction. Traditionally, the specific duties are broken down as follows:Detective/investigator/forensic technician1. Recognition2. PreservationForensic technician (aka crime scene technician)3. Documentation4. Collection5. TransportationForensic scientist/criminalist6. Identification/classification7. Comparison8. Individuation9. Interpretation/reconstructionThe problem is that these forensic titles and roles are often mixed, misunderstood, or outright confused, sometimes over many generations of professionals in a given system. As aresult, forensic job titles abound, with more than one to describe the same set of duties—crimescene investigator, crime scene technician, forensic investigator, evidence technician, forensictechnician, laboratory technician, laboratory specialist, forensic specialist, forensic analyst,forensic scientist, criminalist, etc. What is important to remember about titles is that they areadministrative and not necessarily suggestive of a particular background, education, training, or 
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