Sources of Information for Crime Scene Reconstruction

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
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Introduction
Crime scene reconstruction is an approach aimed at creating an order of happenings about incidents through procedures that entail the studying, analysis, and interpretation of facts and evidence. The use of crime scene reconstruction results clarifies results from events and assists in reminding the victims and witnesses present during the happening of the crime, about the actual events that transpired (Houck, 2011). In other words, the process aids victims in remembering that reconstruction needs to happen at the same time, the same location, and same day in a bid to reinvent the occurrence precisely. This paper, therefore, seeks to determine the three separate sources of information that are required by investigators in reconstructing the past and additionally discover the beneficial elements of the mindset within the criminal investigation process.
Sources of Information for Crime Scene Reconstruction
As established, investigators are bound to use different sources of information aimed at getting relevant facts for reconstructing the past. According to James &Nordby (2012), the crime scene reconstruction requires the use of scientific procedures, physical evidence, and deductive reasoning not forgetting their interrelationships in gaining explicit knowledge on the series of events that surround a criminal incident. The inclusion of these procedures attempt to determine what happened and how it happened in as much as the suspect and victim guilty of a crime are considered as the only known people who have information on how a crime transpired.
Importance of the Investigative Mind-Set
Given that human logic plays a significant role in the crime scene investigation and reconstruction process, it is consequently vital that a proper analysis is done, an aspect that denotes the need to conduct inductive analysis on the physical evidence and facts gathered through the investigation process (O'Hara & O'Hara, 2011). Upon identifying, collecting, and identifying this evidence, crime scene investigators are then required to hypothesize on what might have been the causes of the crime.
In this case, an investigative mindset is considered as an essential process that deploys investigative procedures and techniques that detectives are required to utilize in remaining open-minded through the process of investigation. The application of this process is considered significant since it lessens the risks that detectives incur in arriving at premature decisions and in the development of personal biases (O'Hara & O'Hara, 2011). The Element of premature decision making is in most times considered and cited as a common cause for the miscarriage of justice. Therefore, the use of an investigative mindset reduces these risks, an aspect that is considered as extremely imperative for investigative processes.
On the other hand, a mindset of inquiry is seen as beneficial to a process of inquiry since it aids detectives in remaining open-minded through the course of an investigation all through to completion, an aspect that helps in the creation of a number of various alternative explanations on the events that transpired during ...