Discuss the Different Methods of Documenting and Searching a Crime Scene. What are the Pros and Cons of Relying on 3D Imaging Systems?

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Discuss the Different Methods of Documenting and Searching a Crime Scene. What are the Pros and Cons of Relying on 3D Imaging Systems?

Accurate crime scene documentation with clear photographs helps the jury to give fair judgment to the cases presented before them. The jury judging the suspect does not proceed to the place of the scene instead relies on the evidence provided by the investigators to make their verdicts. Inadequate and untrue evidence leads to an unfair decree being given. Increased unfair judgment due to lack of accurate crime scene documentation necessitates the investigation of crime scene documentation using 3D Imaging. The burden of proof provides the jury with a mandate to disqualify a prosecution if the prosecutor is not in a position to give enough evidence to prove a fact in a court (Dezembers et al., 2021). In the past couple of years, state and local juries have escaped public accountability for misdeeds that victimized thousands. However, 90% of them retained their job-including an Alabama judge who unlawfully imprisoned hundreds of persons, most of whom were people of color, over traffic fines. 3D imaging dates back to the 1980s. Kazunori Baba from the University of Tokyo invented 3D Imaging in 1986 for use in Ultrasound for a better view of a fetus (Raneri, 2018). Since then, 3D scanning technology has been gaining popularity due to its applicability to provide data in three-axis (x, y, and z) compared to 2D technology. Scene investigators use 3D imaging technology to achieve a better visualization, preservation, and interpretation of evidence. 3D Imaging enhanced capturing of evidence in the form of photographs; however, its effectiveness for use in a crime scene is minimized by drawbacks such as the light of site and ambient light

Various methods of documenting and searching a crime scene

There are various methods used by investigators while documenting a crime scene. However, they are more effective when utilized together in one crime scene. Note-taking is one of the approaches employed by investigators to put down a crime scene on paper. It is one of the critical parts of processing a crime scene. It involves investigators putting points on a report about what is happening in the scene. They are encouraged to be keen and observant when taking notes to improve their chances of remembering when composing the final report about the crime. Research shows that accuracy in notes taking can improve ones' ability to recall. According to Tredinnick et al. (2019), practical notes taking can help people retain and retrieve almost 100% of their information. In notes taking, law enforcers are encouraged to measure the scene and refer to those measurements when describing events and happenings at the scene's place. The notes' requirements are dates and time, description of the location, environment, weather, and names of persons present at the scene, including victims, witnesses, suspects, and security personnel. The investigator should keep taking notes from the start of the exercise to the end. However, all notes jotted down should entail objective facts about the scene. All scene videos should be kept raw, free from editing.

Photography is another valuable method of recording a crime scene. Security personnel is encouraged to take photographs of the scene before touching or manipulating anything. Pictures are more accurate than tote taking and capture more details. Dustin et al. (2016), Assert that photographs can capture particular that even the most observant investigator may miss. The critical points of the scene are entry and exit from the scene. Similar to notes, photographs permit investigators and witnesses to recall details. They pinpoint the location of evidence in the scene to aid judges in visualizing the crime scene. Investigators should take photographs that clarify the scene, including the photo of the scene's location photo of the scene as it appears in the eye of the witness and surroundings. Many pictures of the same evidence should be taken from diverse angles to offer a different perspective and more details. All photographs taken in the scene should entail a ruler for a scale and be carefully recorded and preserved as evidence in the court. Besides, investigators use videotapes...