Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)

11/01/2011

On Tuesday 11th January, we had a visit from a Forensic Scientist who taught us about the different techniques when investigating crimes.

We were given a scenario at the beginning of the day and we had to gather enough evidence to prove who committed the crimes. We did this using real skeletons from people who have donated their bodies to science, blood checks and finger print DNA.

Link to information about CSI

At the beginning, we had to search the skeleton on the floor which had clothing and different materials on it that were used as evidence to show who the person was, where they had been etc. We then used different types of blood to figure out who had what blood type on their clothing. We took our own finger prints on a police officer's form which didn't have anything to do with the scenario we were given, but we were told about how they use finger prints in CSI. Finally at the end of the day, we put all the evidence we had found together to come up with the person who committed the crime.. the group I was in were the only ones to get the criminal right!