CRIME INVESTI - NEGLIGENT AUTOPSY Flashcards
Stages of Medico- Legal Investigation:
- Crime Scene Investigation
- Autopsy
It is the conduct of processes, more particularly, the RECOGNITION, HANDLING, PRESERVATION AND DOCUMENTATION of physical evidence to include the identification and interview of witnesses and the arrest of suspect/s at the crime scene,
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
It is the PLACE WHERE THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS of the criminal act took place.
crime scene
It includes the SETTING OF THE CRIME and the adjoining places of entry and exit of both offender and victim.
Crime Scene
Methods of Conducting a Search:
a. Strip Method
b. Double Strip or Grid Method
c. Spiral Method
d. Wheel/ Ray Method
e. Zone Method
The AREA IS BLACK OUT in the form of a rectangle.
Strip Method
The searcher proceeds SLOWLY AT THE SAME PACE along the path parallel to one side of the rectangle.
Strip Method
This search is a MODIFICATION OF THE STRIP SEARCH method
Double Strip or Grid Method
The searchers will TRAVERSE FIRST PARALLEL to the base and then parallel to the side.
Double Strip or Grid Method
The searchers follow each other in the path in the SPIRAL MANNER beginning from the center towards the outside or vice versa
Spiral Method
The searchers gather at the center and proceed outwards along RADII OR SPOKES
Wheel/ Ray Method
WHOLE AREA IS DIVIDED into subdivisions or quadrants and search is made in the individual quadrants
Zone Method
is a COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF A DEAD BODY , performed by a trained physician employing recognized dissection procedure and techniques.
autopsy
It includes REMOVAL OF TISSUES for further examination
Autopsy
It indicates that in addition to an EXTERNAL EXAMINATION THE BODY IS OPEN and internal examination is conducted.
Autopsy
