CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION & TECHNICIANS

Authors: S.INDHU, Student of KARNATAKA STATE LAW UNIVERSITY & DR.N.KARTHIKEYAN, CLINICAL CARDIOLOGIST OF SREE ABIRAMI HOSPITAL PRIVATE LIMITED

Best Citation – S.INDHU, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION & TECHNICIANS, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (1) of 2023, Pg. 64-70, ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

                Crime Scene Investigation is primarily a collection of information and evidence or can be said as the reconstruction of a past event to identify or apprehend a suspect and to convict the same. Crime Scene Investigation involves a series of processes and deductions to connect a person to the crime. In this paper, we are explaining the importance of Forensic Technicians aiding in the process of identifying, apprehending, and deducting crime. Expert Analysis is highly availed by crime scene investigators in solving crimes and utilizing scientific methods to process the crime more efficiently. In a crime scene, the place of occurrence of a crime is considered to be three-dimensional and the evidence is scattered around the crime scene. Various Forensic Technicians are brought into service by the investigative officers to interpret multiple aspects of a crime scene. In this technological era, crimes being committed had also evolved alongside other developments and traditional investigation methods do not help in solving the crime nor convicting the suspect the investigators require cybercrime experts to deduce the crime and to find the source of the crime. Similarly, every Crime has advanced and criminals are adopting new methods in the commission of crimes. Forensic Technicians provide evidentiary support to connect a person to the crime scene and make it easier for the Justice system to conclude. The Forensic Community is of a wide range consisting of conglomerates of experts aiding the investigators by providing factual assertions and opinions about a crime. This paper primarily focuses on all the Forensic Expert Communities and their support in interpreting a crime. In addition to this, the paper also explains various forensic technics adopted by the experts in processing a crime scene and the latest development in forensic technologies that are being availed by Crime Scene Investigators.

Keywords: crime scene, fingerprint. Latent, patent, toxins, drugs, posions, autopsy, projectile, residues, firearms,arson, radioassay, spectroscopy