Crime Scene Reconstruction
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Crime scene reconstruction is the ordered, logical approach to determining what occurred during the commission of a crime. The crime scene is a static representation of a dynamic event, which means that the crime scene has four dimensions: width, depth, height and time. What we see at the crime scene is the cumulative result of everything that took place during the commission of the crime. It is up to the skilled crime scene reconstructionist to carefully analyze the evidence and determine the answer to the six fundamental questions:
The job of the forensic consultant is to find the pieces and to put them together in a fashion that allows enough of the picture to be visible that the details of the picture become apparent. I don't need, for example, all of the pieces of the puzzle to know that the picture I'm looking at is the Leaning Tower of Pisa. If I see enough of the picture, I will know what it is, but I may not be able to see every details about it.
At Knox & Associates, we make it our business to put the pieces together so that the picture becomes aparent. It is not enough to say it; anyone can do that. To bring truth to light, you have to prove it. You have to show that the picture is what you say it is. That's what we do at Knox & Associates Forensic Consulting.
- What happened?
- Where did it happen?
- Who was involved?
- When did it happen?
- How did it happen?
- Why did it happen?
The job of the forensic consultant is to find the pieces and to put them together in a fashion that allows enough of the picture to be visible that the details of the picture become apparent. I don't need, for example, all of the pieces of the puzzle to know that the picture I'm looking at is the Leaning Tower of Pisa. If I see enough of the picture, I will know what it is, but I may not be able to see every details about it.
At Knox & Associates, we make it our business to put the pieces together so that the picture becomes aparent. It is not enough to say it; anyone can do that. To bring truth to light, you have to prove it. You have to show that the picture is what you say it is. That's what we do at Knox & Associates Forensic Consulting.