AIHSD provides an extra ordinary opportunity for students to undergo crime scene investigation, mock crime investigation and related activities for the purpose of skill enhancement and gaining knowledge in the field of forensic investigation and other crime related domains in a legal setting.
Crime scene investigation is often the term relating to the process of discovering, collecting of information, identifying of evidence associated with the investigation of a criminal act or event. It is the systematic process of documenting, collecting, processing and interpreting physical evidence associated with the alleged crime scene, in an effort to conclude the truth following the analysis of event in question. The study of crime scene therefore is to identify, investigate and apprehending the guilty and present him before the law.
Responding to a crime-scene is a very crucial step in the process of scientific investigation of a case. Crime-Scene investigators and crime-scene specialists are responsible for identifying, securing, collecting, and preserving evidence which is handed over to the crime laboratory for further confirmation.
The primary objective of a crime scene investigation is to find out the necessary evidence in order to nail the criminal or guilty and put an end to the crime. When a crime has occurred, the role of a law personnel or investigator come into force. The police employee or law personnel initiates by determining whether a crime has been actually committed. If it has been determined that there is no crime involved or if the crime is one pertaining the courts, law enforcement personnel have no responsibility. Therefore, a crime scene investigator's task is to search for events, physical evidence employed before the act of crime scene, during the act of crime scene and after the execution of the crime.
There are many stages in crime scene investigation.
All support one another and each step forms an essential underlying link in order to capture scene of crime without disregarding each step. The first tier of investigative process begins with the first responder. This is typically the police who is dispatched to the initial scene.
Through the course of the response to and the examination and evaluation of the event, if the police officer believes that a crime was committed, then that officer finds it necessary to expand his investigation through scientific and lawful mode. Sometimes crime and associated crime scenes are of the minor nature and can be handled by the first responder. Other times, they will necessitate the involvement of the special personnel, in case of some gruesome crime.