ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Crime Scene, Ground-Penetrating Radar, Hyperparameter Optimization
14 Sep 2016
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Initial response: someone calls in about some human remains. Preliminary documentation and evaluation: someone will go and evaluate the scene as it was when the crime was committed, the first person to enter the scene changes the crime scene. Transfers material from clothing and body: process the scene, complete and record the csi (crime scene investigation) Nature of crime: homicide, suicide, accident. Indoor scenes are must more confined and closed. Primary vs secondary: primary: where the first criminal act occurred. The original location of where the victim was killed: secondary: all of the other locations associated with the primary scene. Is important because it: predict involvement and location of other scenes, nature of other scenes. Search area: all the terrain to be searched. Burial site: grave itself, along with localized disturbance (surrounding area) Search indicators: abnormalities or inconsistencies used to detect a burial site. Using archaeological theory and methods in locating, recovering and analyzing remains.
