Science | Graded Assignment | Crime Scene Sketch

Name: Date:

Graded Assignment
Crime Scene Sketch
(25 points)

1. Record your measurements below, including the units (inches, feet, meters, centimeters, or Score
degrees): Dimensions of Crime Scene:
________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

2. Type of location measuring: __________________________________

Types:
•transecting baseline
• rectangular coordinates
• triangulation
• polar coordinates

3. Evidence Table
Label Description of Evidence Perpendicular Perpendicular
Distance from Baseline Distance from
A (units) Baseline B (units)
1
2
3

4. What type of drawing is your sketch?

5. What is the reason for a crime scene drawing? Why can’t the investigator just take photos?

6. Crime Scene Sketch

Use the ¼ in grid paper supplied as a material for this lab to create your final sketch. Make sure to include the
following information with your sketch:

Key Information (at the top)

 Date of the rough sketch
 Date of the finished sketch
 Name of sketch artist (your name)

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 Affiliation of the sketch artist
 Address of crime scene
 Name of any victims
 Type of crime suspected
 Name of the lead investigator.

Sketch:
 Direction north
 Dimensions of the crime scene
 Main objects in the crime scene
 At least three pieces of evidence labeled with numbers
 A legend describing each piece of evidence
 Measurements locating each piece of evidence
 A scale on the drawing

Insert Final sketch here or as an attachment:

Your Score ___ of 25

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