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Students and Educators: The Basics of CSI ![]()
THE BASICS OF CSI To understand what happens at a typical crime scene investigation, it’s important to understand a few basic elements:
Protecting & searching the scene, documenting & scene and evidence, and preserving & collecting the evidence are all considered the mechanical aspects of CSI. Evaluating the scene & evidence is considered the thinking aspect of CSI. Ideally, a crime scene investigator should be thinking (evaluating) at all times while conducting the mechanical aspects of CSI; but it is all too easy for a crime scene investigator to fall into the trap of working mechanically … especially at a large/complex crime scene containing dozens or even hundreds of evidence items. The Basic Premise of CSI … It is this premise that ensures investigators that a careful investigation of a crime scene is worth the effort. The evidence will be there; it just has to be found and carefully/properly preserved and collected. The Inherent Problem of CSI … In effect, a CSI cannot expect to enter a crime scene without adding to or subtracting from the available evidence. The trick is to be thoughtful, careful and persistent. Okay, now that you understand the basics of CSI, let’s take a closer look at the characteristics of those evidence items being collected.
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