CRIME SCENE RECONSTRUCTION

DIORAMA

 

Objective:  To evaluate the numerous types of evidence found at a crime scene.

 

What is a diorama?  A diorama is a miniature recreation of an event.  In this case, your project is to reconstruct a full-size crime scene in the size of a shoe-box.

 

Brainstorming first –

What was the crime being committed?
Who were involved?  Victim(s)?  Suspect(s)?

Where is the scene?

What specific pieces of evidence will be found?

Picture of Crime Scene

 

Requirements for Evidence must include:

 

  1. Five pieces of physical (indirect) evidence. (Ex.  Fiber, paints, documents, white powders, organic material, bones, feathers, etc.)
  2. Two pieces of individualized evidence.  (Ex.  Fingerprint, impressions, tire patterns, etc.)
  3. Two pieces of class evidence.  (Ex.  Shirt, paper, soda can pull-top, etc.)
  4. One piece of direct evidence. (Ex.  Eyewitness account, testimonial, on tape or typed dialogue)
  5. One piece of comparison known (control) sample evidence to an unknown (questioned) sample evidence from the crime scene.

 

Your job in the next two weeks is to “peel” away the crime scene and recreate the evidence.

Example:  Recreation of a car garage where a murder took place.   A red miniature car idles in the enclosure.  There are two bodies – on the garage floor, face up with a bullet between their eyes.  Evidence collected could be red paint for blood, Barbie and Ken for the victims, a small socket-wrench for the murder weapon, etc.    You can even include lights, small magazines, calendars and other labels.  Pieces of evidence may be glued down, set with a stickpins or even sewn with sewing thread.

 

Be ready to present and display your diorama on February 15, 2008.  The diorama should speak for itself and be able to describe the scene with no verbal clues from its maker, you!  This is your time to be creative and see how much of a true forensic scientist you really are with an eye for the details.

 

Grading is worth 70 points with a break down of the following:

10 points each evidence type. (50 points total) with Diorama

10 points for Crime Scene Drawing

10 points for Description of Crime, Setting, Victim(s) and Suspect(s).