Importance of Crime Scene Reconstruction Services

The process of crime reconstruction is not an easy one because we are dealing with human action and are trying to explain the details of what happened at a particular time in the past. There may not be a full picture: we can sequence events, but we cannot tell what happened in between those events.

Reconstruction not only involves the scientific scene analysis, interpretation of scene pattern evidence, and laboratory examination of physical evidence but also involves a systematic study of related information and the logical formulation of a theory. The physical evidence may not tell the whole story of what happened, but only isolated bits of the whole story. Whoever approaches the crime scene, either in person or through documentation, must be able to understand that the entire story may not be revealed.

Crime scene reconstruction services must have an understanding of how things work. They must be able to use both inductive and deductive logic in their analysis of the crime. Inductive logic is used to formulate a theory. If the theory is true, then deductions can be made regarding what happened. However, one must be careful in making deductions, because the theory must prove to be true. The testing of the theory is done by the “scientific method.” Usually, after more than one theory is postulated, the scientific method is then applied to eliminate the impossible.

Crime reconstruction is the observation of the results of an act or action then postulation of the cause of those results. In the scientific world, this is not unusual. Phenomena are observed. The scientist postulates or forms a hypothesis about what caused the phenomena, then designs experiments to test the hypothesis. If the experiments fail, a new hypothesis is formed, and more testing is done until the experiments work thereby supporting the hypothesis with data. Therefore, this hypothesis is only as valid as the experiments. Another experiment along a different approach could prove this to be an inaccurate hypothesis.

Often the “facts” of the case as presented don’t tell the whole story, and virtually walking through the crime scene, or reconstructing the events, gives a much clearer picture of what happened. Reconstructions are often used in courtrooms to aid the jury in understanding the nature of a crime.

Medical animation services help a lot in crime scene reconstruction. Most medical experts stand to benefit from demonstrative evidence, as oftentimes their testimony is complex. When discussing a party’s injuries, for example, the expert can use photographs or graphic models to pinpoint the affected areas. Life-size replicas of the anatomy are also sometimes used to explain the causes of injury. The virtual examination of a body offers several benefits during expert testimony. It is a realistic, detailed demonstrative aid that avoids the logistical issues of life-size anatomical models that would need to be passed to each juror to obtain a full view.

 Crime scene reconstruction services provide features like bloodstain pattern analysis and shooting incident reconstruction. They also evaluate death scenes in equivocal death investigations to determine the manner of death. They process physical evidence for fingerprints; collect blood and biological evidence for submission to a DNA laboratory; search crime scenes for trace evidence and invisible blood; photograph and videotape scenes and physical evidence; and create diagrams of crime scenes and reconstruction efforts.