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Crime scene artists


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    • Crime scene illustrators
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    • found: Work cat.: Öhri, A. Der Bund der Okkultisten, 2014:p. opp. t.p. ("der Tatortzeichner Julius Bentheim" [the crime scene illustrator Julius Bentheim])
    • found: joenickell.com, viewed on Aug. 31, 2016:Personas > Crime Scene Illustrator ("On a few occasions, I have made a crime-scene drawing in a real case under police investigation. ... I used sketching and photography to reconstruct another scene involving a questioned death ..., and I made an interpretive sketch for a case I assisted with that appeared in an official police report.")
    • found: NCJRS [National Criminal Justice Reference Service] abstract NCJ 086311, viewed online Aug. 31, 2016(Title: Identification Specialist - Does His Role Offer Flexibility?. Abstract: Identification specialists are the crime scene illustrators. Techniques such as drawings and charts can be frequently helpful in their work, particularly in clarifying obscure details that may go unnoticed otherwise. Several cases are mentioned where identification specialists' drawings and photographic matching enhanced the value of the evidence. Awareness and understanding of court procedures and defense attorneys' motivation and tricks are also requirements of the expert witness function.)
    • found: Variety, Oct. 23, 1995, viewed online Aug. 31, 2016(In obituary of Frank Sveva: "A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Sveva attended Parsons School of Design and worked at the Acorn Group as a crime-scene illustrator for courtroom presentations as a recent graduate.")
    • found: Safir, H. Security : policing your homeland, your state, your city, 2011, via Google books, viewed Aug. 31, 2016:("Both still and video cameras document every angle of the scene, and crime-scene artists sketch the scene, usually from above.")
    • found: Gatien, K.K. Cutting, 2011, via Google books, viewed Aug. 31, 2016:p. 38 (crime scene artists)
    • found: Bertino, A.J. Forensic science, 2016, via Google books, viewed Aug. 31, 2016:p. 120 ("After the examiner has scanned and walked through the scene, photographs are taken of the crime scene both from a distance and close up. A crime-scene artist prepares a preliminary sketch of the crime scene.")
    • found: Forensic investigation of explosions, ©2012, via Google books, viewed Aug. 31, 2016:p. 112 ("When possible, the photographer(s) should work closely with the crime scene artist(s). It is desirable to have at least two individuals making sketches.")
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    • 2016-08-31: new
    • 2016-11-09: revised
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