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Running head- CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS AND THE LAW
Crime Scene Investigation and the Law
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Crime Scene Investigation and the Law1
Executive Summary
This report aims to discuss regarding the various aspects of crime scene investigation,
criminalists, and the laws relating to it. The primary aim of this report is to understand the
procedure of a crime scene investigation and the role of Forensic science in a crime scene
investigation. It further discusses about the forensic value of the physical evidence with a
brief discussion on the characteristics of the contribution of forensic science in deriving and
processing the shreds of evidence. Further, the report provides a detailed picture of a crime
scene investigation and the procedure followed about the derivation of the evidence.

Crime Scene Investigation and the Law2
Table of Contents
Executive Summary.......................................................................................................1
Chapter 1- Introduction..................................................................................................4
Chapter 2: Crime Scene Investigation...........................................................................5
2.1 Meaning................................................................................................................5
2.2 Role of Police Officer..........................................................................................5
2.3 Role of Criminalists.............................................................................................6
Chapter 3: Procedure of Investigation............................................................................6
3.1 Initial Phase of the Investigation..........................................................................7
3.2 Documentation and Evaluation of the Crime Scene............................................7
3.3 Processing of the Crime Scene.............................................................................7
3.4 Recording the Crime Scene Investigation............................................................7
3.5 Crime Scene Equipment.......................................................................................8
Chapter 4: Kinds of Evidence and their Admissibility in Court...................................9
4.1 Physical Evidence................................................................................................9
4.2 Documentary Evidence......................................................................................10
4.3 Character Evidence............................................................................................10
4.4 Circumstantial Evidence....................................................................................10
4.5 Prima Facie Evidence.........................................................................................10
4.6 Digital Evidence.................................................................................................10
4.7 Forensic Evidence..............................................................................................11

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4.8 Exculpatory Evidence........................................................................................11
4.9 Hearsay Evidence...............................................................................................11
Chapter 5: Forensic Science in Crime Scene Investigation.........................................11
5.1 Significance........................................................................................................11
Chapter 6: Forensic Value of Physical Evidence.........................................................12
6.1 Evidentiary Cause..............................................................................................13
6.2 Categories of Proof............................................................................................13
6.2.1. Testimonial or personal..................................................................................13
6.2.2 Miscellaneous..................................................................................................14
6.2.3. Corpus Delicti Evidence................................................................................14
6.2.4 Blood Splatter Analysis...................................................................................14
6.2.5 DNA Analysis.................................................................................................15
6.2.6 Fingerprint Analysis.......................................................................................15
Conclusion....................................................................................................................16
Reference..................................................................................................................17