The evidence collected at crime scenes may come in many forms, but the purpose is the same to help the innocent and lay the foundation for a conviction of the guilty.  Consider how this week’s material may be relevant to your Week Six Final Paper.  Prior to beginning this assignment, review the required resources:

The evidence collected at crime scenes may come in many forms, but the purpose is the same to help the innocent and lay the foundation for a conviction of the guilty.  Consider how this week’s material may be relevant to your Week Six Final Paper.  Prior to beginning this assignment, review the required resources:

Read:
An Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation

• Chapter 1: An Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation
• Chapter 4: Duties of the First Responders to the Crime Scene
• Chapter 5: Specialized Personnel and Safety Considerations

Watch:

• Discovery of Crime Scene (Links to an external site.)
• Crime Scene: Evidence Collection (Links to an external site.)
• JD Buck Savage at the Crime Scene (Links to an external site.)

Also, use the information in this crime scene scenario to prepare for the assignment:

• The Scenario: Criminal Justice

Your Evidence and Crime Scene paper must address the following elements:

• Describe the steps that must be taken to secure and process a crime scene.
• Explain the various personnel at a crime scene, and explain what each of them does.
• Discuss whether you believe it is a good idea to have personnel who have different skills and training at the crime scene and the laboratory or whether there should be fewer people with multiple specialties.
• Articulate what aspects of this week’s material you can use to complete your analysis of the crime scene in your final assignment.

The Evidence and Crime Scenes paper

• Must be approximately 1,000 words (approximately four double-spaced pages in length not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).