
Analyzing Crime Scenes
Grade 11th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
What's Included
Learning Objective
I can analyze a crime scene scenario to identify potential evidence and suspects.
Warm-Up Video
Professor Dave Explains · 11:54
Crime Scene Reconstruction
Guided Notes
3 key concepts
- 1
Crime scene reconstruction (CSR) involves determining the events that occurred during a crime using deductive and inductive reasoning, physical evidence, and scientific methods.
- 2
The three major pillars that form the foundation of CSR are reasoning, physical evidence, and scientific methods.
- 3
The stages of CSR include data collection, conjecture, hypothesis formulation, testing the hypothesis, and theory formulation.
Practice Questions
7 questions · Short answer
Exit Ticket
Quick comprehension check
“At a crime scene, a broken window is found near a valuable painting that is now missing. A set of muddy footprints leads away from the window. List two pieces of potential evidence and one possible suspect based on this scenario.”
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