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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Forensic Res 2016
ISSN: 2157-7145, JFR an open access journal Forensic Research 2016
October 31-November 02, 2016
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October 31-November 02, 2016 San Francisco, USA
5th International Conference on
Forensic Research & Technology
Crime scene staging
Only recently there were studies aimed at determining the elements of staging at crime scene. With homicide offenders
being more forensically aware, it is essential to understand the crime scene action. Unlike other crime scenes, the staged
crime scene displays the offender’s effort to stage a monothematic or polythematic crime with the sole intention of misdirecting
the investigation. A successful verbal and physical evidence crime scene staging represents a miscarriage of justice: the case is
unsolved, the offender is not apprehended and free to offend again, the law enforcement agencies waste time and resources,
and the families of the victims rightfully “feel cheated by the system” The interdisciplinary homicide investigation coupled
with the medical examiner’s findings need to identify the red flags indicative of staging. Although more research is necessary
to determine the elements held in common by staged crime, from an investigative standpoint, it is essential to understand what
staging is, what it entails, the types of alterations and how to detect the motive behind the act of staging.
Biography
Mihaela Brooks is the CEO of Investigative Research and Development Analytics of Canada and member of the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases. She
collaborates with the Romanian IntellPsy Academy– Forensic Psychology Department and other Romanian institutions and professionals.
Mihaela Brooks
Criminal Investigative Analyst, Canada
Mihaela Brooks, J Forensic Res 2016, 7:5(Suppl)