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entifthefourelementsofcrimescene
ocumentation.
entifanexplainfourrecurringprolems
associatetocrimescenephotograph.
entifanexplainthepurposeofthethree
asictpesofcrimescenephotographs.
xplaintheproperuseofthevieocamera
incrimesceneocumentation.
crimecenerocessingctivities
he six crime scene activities an their asic
orer are:
are:
ssessing
serving
Ô
p
earching ?
collecting Y
naling
ocumenting
Ô
ocumenting
here are four ke elements in crime scene
ocumentation, the are
are::
otes
hotographs
ketches
eports
achisimportantinitsownwa.achsupports
anastothevalueoftheother.
crimecenehotograph
crime scene photograph seeks to estalish
a visual recor of the conition of the scene
an the items present in it
it..
his recor shoul lea the viewer from the
overall perspective to the etails of specific
oects..
oects
lthough simple in concept, there are
recurring prolems associate to crime scene
photograph..
photograph
ecurringrolemsinhotograph
crime scene photograph has four recurring
prolems that etract from its value.
value.
hese
are::
are
entificationssues
rientationssues
confusionssues
ncompleteocumentationssues
n one of these issues can etract from the
viewers unerstaning of the scene.
scene.
entificationssues
entification issues involve creating
photographs where the viewer is lost in the
scene..
scene
hotographs are taken of items an the
photo fails to illustrate what it is in the
picture..
picture
r the photo ocumentation fails to
illustrate wh the photograph was taken
in the first place.
place.
entificationssues
Whatisthis?
Whichwaisup?
confusionssues
confusion issues involve creating
photographs where the viewer is unclear of
which item is eing photographe or which
photo came first.
first.
hotographs show the scene in altere states
states..
hotographs show multiple similar items
with no wa to istinguish one from the
other..
other
his is particularl true when
photographing small oects like shell
casings an loostains
loostains..
confusionssues
verallphotographs
vienceestalishingphotographs
vienceclose--upphotographs
vienceclose
verallhotographs
verall photographs are expose with a
wie angle lens or in a fashion that allows
the viewer to see a large area in the scene.
scene.
heir function is to ocument the conition
an laout of the scene as foun.
foun.
he help eliminate issues of susequent
contamination (e
(e..g. tracke loo,
movement of items).
items).
verallhotographscontinue
he are tpicall taken shooting from
the four corners of the crime scene.
scene.
hese four photographs will often capture
the entire scene.
scene.
f not, aitional photographs from an
appropriate vantage point can e taken as
well..
well
hootingtheourcorners
c
Y
verallhotographxample
m m
verallhotographxample
m m
viencestalishinghotographs
he are the most overlooke
photograph in crime scene work.
work.
he evience estalishing photograph is
not intene to show etails, simpl to
frame the item with a known lanmark in
the scene.
scene.
he close-
close-up an the evience
estalishing photograph go han in han
han..
[seof thestalishinghoto
he lue ackgroun
itself might inicate
a numer of locations.
locations.
viencestalishing
xample
vienceclose--uphotographs
vienceclose
vience close-
close-up photographs are
expose with a "macro" lens (50 50mm,
mm, 55
55mm
mm
or 105mm)
105mm)..
heir function is to allow the viewer to see
all evient etail on the item of evience.
evience.
ou have to get close an fill the frame with
the evience itself.
itself.
he are taken with an without a scale
scale..
vienceclose--[pxample
vienceclose
aken oth with an
without a scale of
reference..
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