Crime Scene Investigation – Page 5 – Forensic Technology Center of Excellence

Opioid Crisis – A Public Health Enemy Webinar Series

Overview Rates of opioid use and misuse have reached epidemic proportions and are impacting many aspects of both criminal justice and forensic sciences programs. Opioid addiction is the driving force behind this increase in use with more than 2.5 million…

The Crime Scene Is Fluid: Land to Water-Based Scenes

Overview This presentation also transitions into the investigation of deaths that occur in water. Deaths in the water, whether at home or on a lake, etc., are generally thought of as accidents. A major focus of this lecture is to…

Technical Advances in the Visual Documentation of Crime Scenes

Overview Practitioners overview various scanning technologies. An introduction is provided by Michelle Peace and Lyndsay Durham, and Marilyn Miller provides the context of documentation. The Virginia Department of Forensic Science reviews SceneVision-Panorama, Roanoke and Arlington County Police Departments reviews Panoscan,…

Shooting Reconstruction: 4 Elements of Trajectory

Overview A key part of any shooting incident reconstruction is the determination of a projectile’s trajectory through items at the scene. The path of a bullet hole has 4 main elements that require measurement, estimation, or other determination where possible.…

Science, Law and Politics of Cold Case Investigations

Overview What do the JonBenet Ramsey murder, the BTK killings and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing have in common? When does a criminal case go “cold,” and what does it take to “thaw it out” again? At a time of…

Crime Scene Imaging: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Overview This is an archival version of a web based panel discussion of forensic practitioners. These practitioners have adopted and implemented one of three panoramic crime scene imaging technologies, SceneVision-Panorama, Panoscan MK-3, and Leica ScanStationC10. The goal of this event…

Collecting Footwear and Tire Impressions in Snow

Overview From footwear to tire to snowmobile impressions, snow impressions can provide extremely valuable evidence in helping to resolve criminal investigations. Unfortunately, photographing and obtaining a cast of a snow impression is often a challenge for the crime scene examiner.…

Bloodstain Documentation and Collection Methods

Overview At some point in their careers, every crime scene responder has encountered a scene where the blood present is “everywhere” and there is no clear way to begin. That feeling can be extremely overwhelming. This training will provide attendees…

ASCLD Webinar Series: Digital Multimedia Evidence

Overview This course serves as an overview of the Digital Multimedia Evidence discipline for the crime laboratory administration. This webinar will provide non-DME analysts who manage this discipline as part of a forensic laboratory or supervise members within this field,…

Utility of 3D Scanning Technologies Workshop

Overview This 2-day workshop focused on introducing or enhancing forensic science practitioner’s knowledge and capabilities of 3D crime scene documentation technologies. Topics discussed include: Scope and utility of Leica ScanStation C10 and Faro Focus Strengths and limitations of each instrument…

Category: Crime Scene Investigation (page 5)

Category: Crime Scene Investigation (page 5)

Opioid Crisis – A Public Health Enemy Webinar Series

The Crime Scene Is Fluid: Land to Water-Based Scenes

Technical Advances in the Visual Documentation of Crime Scenes

Shooting Reconstruction: 4 Elements of Trajectory

Science, Law and Politics of Cold Case Investigations

Crime Scene Imaging: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Collecting Footwear and Tire Impressions in Snow

Bloodstain Documentation and Collection Methods

ASCLD Webinar Series: Digital Multimedia Evidence

Utility of 3D Scanning Technologies Workshop

Introduction

Category: Crime Scene Investigation (page 5)