Crime reconstruction

Crime reconstruction or crime scene reconstruction is the forensic science discipline in which one gains "explicit knowledge of the series of events that surround the commission of a crime using deductive and inductive reasoning, physical evidence, scientific methods, and their interrelationships".[1] Gardner and Bevel explain that crime scene reconstruction "involves evaluating the context of a scene and the physical evidence found there in an effort to identify what occurred and in what order it occurred."[2] Chisum and Turvey explain that "[h]olistic crime reconstruction is the development of actions and circumstances based on the system of evidence discovered and examined in relation to a particular crime. In this philosophy, all elements of evidence that come to light in a given case are treated as interdependent; the significance of each piece, each action, and each event falls and rises on the backs of the others."[3]

  1. ^ "Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction". Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  2. ^ Gardner, R., and Bevel, T. (2009). Practical Crime Scene Analysis and Reconstruction. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 1. ISBN 9781420065510.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Chisum, W., and Turvey, B. (2007). Crime Reconstruction. Burlington, MA: Academic Press. pp. ix.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)