Assessment of Outdoor Crime Scenes ILEETA Thanks to Dr. Jason Birkett Opening image of corpse after bear attack as example of forensic work removed for sensitive viewing purposes

Lincoln Crime Scene

Student’s hard at it!

Setting the Scene Exercise criteria Working as a team of scene of crime personnel, you are required to attend an on-site briefing session Each team needs to have personnel fulfilling the following roles: Scene Manager Photographer Scene mapper Physical evidence collector (x 2) Vegetation assessor (x 2) Evidence to be recorded in situ

Examples of Evidence

AssessmentCriteria The poster should give appropriate details of: The site location Site/Scene features Personnel involved Actions taken Evidence identified in the field Follow-up laboratory procedures and findings Conclusions Key References

Assessment Criteria Marks are awarded on the following key features: –Visual impact/ Impression –Creativity/Design –Presentation –Technical detail (evidence and its relevance) –Interpretation and conclusions –Overall effectiveness as a means of scientific communication

What the students think ! ‘Really enjoyed it. I gained valuable experience from this’ ‘Very enjoyable and interesting’ ‘Poster presentation a good idea’ ‘Poster was a good team method of assessment’ ‘Effective and enjoyable way of being assessed’ ‘Poster presentation OK, but felt a little childish’ ‘Would like to ‘Bag and Tag’ the evidence’

A student poster

Questions/Comments/Ideas for Improvement?