Location: 210 Locust Street

Date: 10/12/13

Time: 1:53 pm

Sketch artist: Mrs Naus

Crime: murder

1 inch=5ft

Make a legend

• Case #

• Type of crime

• Investigator/ sketch artist

• Polarity

• Key

• Scale

Monday 10/21/13

• AIM: How are crime scenes searched?

• DO NOW: Nathanial code Jr handout

• Homework: Rough and finished sketched due Monday 10/28/13

How does Modus Operandi help in crime scene

investigation?

Modus operandi

• Actions of the suspect or offender• Consistent with the criminal• Learned behavior through experience• Modified with development and incarceration• Victimology: how the victim responds

– Characteristics of the victim

• An offender will change their MO depending on how the victim responds

VICTIMOLOGY:

• THE STUDY OF VICTIMS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

• Attempts to determine a common factor between victims

• Gives insight to– how the offender thinks– how they will eventually act– Helps determine future behavior

How would you process the crime scene below?