2 Approaching the scene, there is a green two-door GEO Storm in the parking space marked 3C. The vehicle is locked and does not appear to have been tampered with. There are no other nonemergency vehicles in the parking lot. (You are told that the reporting officers had the other vehicles removed from the parking lot.) Walking toward the stairwell, there is a series of red stains in the shape of shoe impressions on the sidewalk. These shoe impressions appear to contain class characteristics, and they may be composed of possible blood. There are four shoe prints present, all seem to be from the right foot and appear to have been made from the same shoe. The impressions lead from the elevator entry and disappear in to the grass. In the bushes just to the right of the sidewalk near the base of the exterior wall of the apartment complex is a large knife. Climbing the stairwell to the third floor, do not notice any further impressions. Upon arrival on the third-floor landing, there are two shoeprint impressions (similar to those on the ground floor sidewalk) that lead toward the elevator entry on the third-floor landing. There is a red (possible bloody) fingerprint impression on the elevator call button. Examining the interior of the elevator, a red shoeprint is on the floor and a red smear is on the elevator ground floor button. A uniformed patrol officer stands guard on the third-floor landing. Approaching apartment 3C, the door is open; however, it does not appear to have been forced open. Standing in the doorway, which is located along the south wall, to the left (west) is a galley-style kitchen which is about 5 ft deep and 6 ft. wide, with a refrigerator, stove, and microwave. Counters surround three walls of the kitchen, with the refrigerator along the south wall, a double sink along the west wall of the kitchen, and the stove with the microwave mounted above it along the north wall of the kitchen. There is what looks to be standard kitchen equipment present randomly placed on the counter. Items present include a coffeemaker, a toaster, a set of canisters, a dish strainer with no dishes in it and a wooden knife block. The block should contain nine knives; however, only eight are present. The space in the block for what appears to be the largest knife is empty. The kitchen floor is light beige vinyl sheeting. To the right (east) of the doorway along the south wall is a large living/dining room. The living room is about 15 ft. by 15 ft. Directly adjacent to the doorway on the east side is a brown leather recliner. The recliner sits at an angle along the south wall facing to the north and west. On the east side of the recliner is a brass color floor lamp. Next to the lamp is a brown wooden end table with a candy dish on it. Heavy green drapes from floor to ceiling cover the entire east wall. The drapes are pulled closed. A large, perhaps 45 in. television is in the approximate center of the east wall directly under the picture window and about 3 in. from the east wall. A Phillips brand clock radio sits in the approximate center of the top of the television. In the southeast corner of the room on the floor is a gold color frame with broken glass. The frame holds an 8 x 10in photograph of a woman (victim). The glass is broken and both the frame and the glass shards that remain in the frame have red stains and appear to have red (possible bloody?) fingerprints on them. On the back of the photograph, handwritten script reads "Jim and Caroline in Cabo" a bue tusday Forensic Science Prof. Nancy Merrill Assignment #2 Practical Exercise: Crime Scene Prioritization The purpose of this exercise is to use logic and reasoning to determine what items at a crime scene are of significance. This exercise will also enable you to prioritize your activities at a crime scene. Finally you will determine what actions you must take at a crime scene and in what order you will complete various actions. Instructions: . • • Read the following scenario (walk through) and determine what evidence is present. Determine what steps you will need to take to remove and then preserve the evidence. Make sure you include an assessment of weather conditions destructiveness of the collection process, location of the item, and so on in your determination. Remember that the order in which you process a scene is imperative. Prioritize In assessing the scene, explain what actions you would take to protect items, the order and manner in which you would collect them. Last, explain your reasoning. Reasoning is the "why" you chose the prioritization that ties all of your actions together. In crime scene processing, the order is not as important as the logic and reasoning you employ making your decision. More than one correct solution set may exist for this exercise. Document your findings on the chart at the end of the scenario The Scenario Anytown PD. At 1930, March 17, notified of a death at 1310 East Hightower Street, Anytown, USA. Responding to the scene and upon arrival make the following observations. The weather conditions are as follows: 56° F, winds are from the north at 8 mph and heavy rain is predicted. The scene is a three-story apartment complex and consists of 12 different apartments. The deceased person is located in apartment 3C. Apartment 3C is located on the third floor. Entry to the apartment can be gained by walking up the exterior stairwells. There are four apartment entryways on each landing. Entry to the landings on the second and third floors can also be made by riding an elevator that opens at the rear landing of the second and third floors. The landings are covered but are not enclosed.

2 Approaching the scene, there is a green two-door GEO Storm in the parking space marked 3C. The vehicle is locked and does not appear to have been tampered with. There are no other nonemergency vehicles in the parking lot. (You are told that the reporting officers had the other vehicles removed from the parking lot.) Walking toward the stairwell, there is a series of red stains in the shape of shoe impressions on the sidewalk. These shoe impressions appear to contain class characteristics, and they may be composed of possible blood. There are four shoe prints present, all seem to be from the right foot and appear to have been made from the same shoe. The impressions lead from the elevator entry and disappear in to the grass. In the bushes just to the right of the sidewalk near the base of the exterior wall of the apartment complex is a large knife. Climbing the stairwell to the third floor, do not notice any further impressions. Upon arrival on the third-floor landing, there are two shoeprint impressions (similar to those on the ground floor sidewalk) that lead toward the elevator entry on the third-floor landing. There is a red (possible bloody) fingerprint impression on the elevator call button. Examining the interior of the elevator, a red shoeprint is on the floor and a red smear is on the elevator ground floor button. A uniformed patrol officer stands guard on the third-floor landing. Approaching apartment 3C, the door is open; however, it does not appear to have been forced open. Standing in the doorway, which is located along the south wall, to the left (west) is a galley-style kitchen which is about 5 ft deep and 6 ft. wide, with a refrigerator, stove, and microwave. Counters surround three walls of the kitchen, with the refrigerator along the south wall, a double sink along the west wall of the kitchen, and the stove with the microwave mounted above it along the north wall of the kitchen. There is what looks to be standard kitchen equipment present randomly placed on the counter. Items present include a coffeemaker, a toaster, a set of canisters, a dish strainer with no dishes in it and a wooden knife block. The block should contain nine knives; however, only eight are present. The space in the block for what appears to be the largest knife is empty. The kitchen floor is light beige vinyl sheeting. To the right (east) of the doorway along the south wall is a large living/dining room. The living room is about 15 ft. by 15 ft. Directly adjacent to the doorway on the east side is a brown leather recliner. The recliner sits at an angle along the south wall facing to the north and west. On the east side of the recliner is a brass color floor lamp. Next to the lamp is a brown wooden end table with a candy dish on it. Heavy green drapes from floor to ceiling cover the entire east wall. The drapes are pulled closed. A large, perhaps 45 in. television is in the approximate center of the east wall directly under the picture window and about 3 in. from the east wall. A Phillips brand clock radio sits in the approximate center of the top of the television. In the southeast corner of the room on the floor is a gold color frame with broken glass. The frame holds an 8 x 10in photograph of a woman (victim). The glass is broken and both the frame and the glass shards that remain in the frame have red stains and appear to have red (possible bloody?) fingerprints on them. On the back of the photograph, handwritten script reads "Jim and Caroline in Cabo" a bue tusday Forensic Science Prof. Nancy Merrill Assignment #2 Practical Exercise: Crime Scene Prioritization The purpose of this exercise is to use logic and reasoning to determine what items at a crime scene are of significance. This exercise will also enable you to prioritize your activities at a crime scene. Finally you will determine what actions you must take at a crime scene and in what order you will complete various actions. Instructions: . • • Read the following scenario (walk through) and determine what evidence is present. Determine what steps you will need to take to remove and then preserve the evidence. Make sure you include an assessment of weather conditions destructiveness of the collection process, location of the item, and so on in your determination. Remember that the order in which you process a scene is imperative. Prioritize In assessing the scene, explain what actions you would take to protect items, the order and manner in which you would collect them. Last, explain your reasoning. Reasoning is the "why" you chose the prioritization that ties all of your actions together. In crime scene processing, the order is not as important as the logic and reasoning you employ making your decision. More than one correct solution set may exist for this exercise. Document your findings on the chart at the end of the scenario The Scenario Anytown PD. At 1930, March 17, notified of a death at 1310 East Hightower Street, Anytown, USA. Responding to the scene and upon arrival make the following observations. The weather conditions are as follows: 56° F, winds are from the north at 8 mph and heavy rain is predicted. The scene is a three-story apartment complex and consists of 12 different apartments. The deceased person is located in apartment 3C. Apartment 3C is located on the third floor. Entry to the apartment can be gained by walking up the exterior stairwells. There are four apartment entryways on each landing. Entry to the landings on the second and third floors can also be made by riding an elevator that opens at the rear landing of the second and third floors. The landings are covered but are not enclosed.

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ: The correct sequence of levels forming the structural hierarchy is A. (a) organ, organ system,...

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Question

Transcribed Image Text:2 Approaching the scene, there is a green two-door GEO Storm in the parking space marked 3C. The vehicle is locked and does not appear to have been tampered with. There are no other nonemergency vehicles in the parking lot. (You are told that the reporting officers had the other vehicles removed from the parking lot.) Walking toward the stairwell, there is a series of red stains in the shape of shoe impressions on the sidewalk. These shoe impressions appear to contain class characteristics, and they may be composed of possible blood. There are four shoe prints present, all seem to be from the right foot and appear to have been made from the same shoe. The impressions lead from the elevator entry and disappear in to the grass. In the bushes just to the right of the sidewalk near the base of the exterior wall of the apartment complex is a large knife. Climbing the stairwell to the third floor, do not notice any further impressions. Upon arrival on the third-floor landing, there are two shoeprint impressions (similar to those on the ground floor sidewalk) that lead toward the elevator entry on the third-floor landing. There is a red (possible bloody) fingerprint impression on the elevator call button. Examining the interior of the elevator, a red shoeprint is on the floor and a red smear is on the elevator ground floor button. A uniformed patrol officer stands guard on the third-floor landing. Approaching apartment 3C, the door is open; however, it does not appear to have been forced open. Standing in the doorway, which is located along the south wall, to the left (west) is a galley-style kitchen which is about 5 ft deep and 6 ft. wide, with a refrigerator, stove, and microwave. Counters surround three walls of the kitchen, with the refrigerator along the south wall, a double sink along the west wall of the kitchen, and the stove with the microwave mounted above it along the north wall of the kitchen. There is what looks to be standard kitchen equipment present randomly placed on the counter. Items present include a coffeemaker, a toaster, a set of canisters, a dish strainer with no dishes in it and a wooden knife block. The block should contain nine knives; however, only eight are present. The space in the block for what appears to be the largest knife is empty. The kitchen floor is light beige vinyl sheeting. To the right (east) of the doorway along the south wall is a large living/dining room. The living room is about 15 ft. by 15 ft. Directly adjacent to the doorway on the east side is a brown leather recliner. The recliner sits at an angle along the south wall facing to the north and west. On the east side of the recliner is a brass color floor lamp. Next to the lamp is a brown wooden end table with a candy dish on it. Heavy green drapes from floor to ceiling cover the entire east wall. The drapes are pulled closed. A large, perhaps 45 in. television is in the approximate center of the east wall directly under the picture window and about 3 in. from the east wall. A Phillips brand clock radio sits in the approximate center of the top of the television. In the southeast corner of the room on the floor is a gold color frame with broken glass. The frame holds an 8 x 10in photograph of a woman (victim). The glass is broken and both the frame and the glass shards that remain in the frame have red stains and appear to have red (possible bloody?) fingerprints on them. On the back of the photograph, handwritten script reads "Jim and Caroline in Cabo" a

bue tusday
Forensic Science
Prof. Nancy Merrill
Assignment #2
Practical Exercise: Crime Scene Prioritization
The purpose of this exercise is to use logic and reasoning to determine what items at a crime
scene are of significance. This exercise will also enable you to prioritize your activities at a
crime scene. Finally you will determine what actions you must take at a crime scene and in what
order you will complete various actions.
Instructions:
.
•
•
Read the following scenario (walk through) and determine what evidence is present.
Determine what steps you will need to take to remove and then preserve the evidence.
Make sure you include an assessment of weather conditions destructiveness of the
collection process, location of the item, and so on in your determination.
Remember that the order in which you process a scene is imperative.
Prioritize
In assessing the scene, explain what actions you would take to protect items, the order
and manner in which you would collect them.
Last, explain your reasoning. Reasoning is the "why" you chose the prioritization that ties
all of your actions together.
In crime scene processing, the order is not as important as the logic and reasoning you employ
making your decision. More than one correct solution set may exist for this exercise.
Document your findings on the chart at the end of the scenario
The Scenario
Anytown PD. At 1930, March 17, notified of a death at 1310 East Hightower Street, Anytown,
USA. Responding to the scene and upon arrival make the following observations.
The weather conditions are as follows: 56° F, winds are from the north at 8 mph and
heavy rain is predicted.
The scene is a three-story apartment complex and consists of 12 different apartments. The
deceased person is located in apartment 3C. Apartment 3C is located on the third floor. Entry to
the apartment can be gained by walking up the exterior stairwells. There are four apartment
entryways on each landing. Entry to the landings on the second and third floors can also be made
by riding an elevator that opens at the rear landing of the second and third floors. The landings
are covered but are not enclosed.

Expert Solution

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here