CSI: Animas
This project was dedicated to studying and learning the realistic applications of science in Crime Scene Investigation. We began the project by learning about wrongly convicted criminals who were exonerated many years after the crime because of DNA evidence. We looked at the Innocence Project, which is an organization that it devoted to exonerated innocent men and women who have been imprisoned for crimes that they did not commit. Then, we proceeded to do online CSI labs that were meant to expose us to the types of experiments that we would be performing, and to introduce us to the protocol associated with crime scene investigation. For our exhibition project, we were assigned one of three crime scenes. My partner and I received Crime Scene 1, which was the case of an apparent suicide. Through the use of blood spatter analyzation, toxicology, DNA, and other forms of evidence, we were able to determine that the suicide was in fact a murder.
I really enjoyed this project as a whole. I have always been fascinated by crime and mystery, so having the opportunity to learn in depth about how real-world crimes are solved was amazing. I am proud of the way I worked with my partner, and how we were able to piece together all of the evidence that we collected in order to find the killer. The evidence that we were given was very realistic, whether it was the coroner's report or the blood spatter at the crime scene, which made the unit very fun and engaging.
Though I enjoyed this project, there are a few things that I would change. The pace of this project felt very frazzled, and was often times a little stressful. It felt like we were constantly on edge because the process was going very slowly. I would also change the amount of paperwork that was required. Total, my partner and I completed 12 detailed and technical evidence logs. Each evidence log took quite a long time to adequately complete, and they were bulky on our final poster board. I also think that it would be amazing if each crime scene was radically different. For this project, all three of the crime scenes dealt with murder. I think it would be awesome if there was a murder, and then two other crimes like a bombing or a robbery, just to round out our learning and add diversity to our exhibition (DIVERSITY=STABILITY).
I really enjoyed this project as a whole. I have always been fascinated by crime and mystery, so having the opportunity to learn in depth about how real-world crimes are solved was amazing. I am proud of the way I worked with my partner, and how we were able to piece together all of the evidence that we collected in order to find the killer. The evidence that we were given was very realistic, whether it was the coroner's report or the blood spatter at the crime scene, which made the unit very fun and engaging.
Though I enjoyed this project, there are a few things that I would change. The pace of this project felt very frazzled, and was often times a little stressful. It felt like we were constantly on edge because the process was going very slowly. I would also change the amount of paperwork that was required. Total, my partner and I completed 12 detailed and technical evidence logs. Each evidence log took quite a long time to adequately complete, and they were bulky on our final poster board. I also think that it would be amazing if each crime scene was radically different. For this project, all three of the crime scenes dealt with murder. I think it would be awesome if there was a murder, and then two other crimes like a bombing or a robbery, just to round out our learning and add diversity to our exhibition (DIVERSITY=STABILITY).