Kyprianos Georgiou, Editor
From the Editor
Dear members,
Welcome to 2016. I hope it
has gotten off to a good
start. Unfortunately, the
holidays are over and our
lives are now back to the
routines. Crimes are going
to be committed and it is
our job to bring those to
justice.
"A new year is like a blank
book, and the pen is in our
hands. It is our chance to
write a beautiful story for
ourselves". Happy New Year.
It is now time for our next
newsletter "The Examiner".
Like I mentioned in
previous editions, we will
be exploring different
issues that CSIs are phased
with on their day-to-day
work. This month's edition,
we will be exploring "DNA
and Biological evidence".
DNA is advancing every day.
Technology is improving and
the techniques being used
are so much more sensitive.
DNA is able to be processed
in a matter of hours rather
than days. Being part of the
generation where these
changes are happening so
rapidly is very exciting.
If you have any questions or
comments or if you would
like to contribute any
articles in future
newsletters, please do not
hesitate to contact me
through this link K.Georgiou@tees.ac.uk
Director's Letter
Greetings from the Director!
Hayden B Baldwin, Executive Director
International Crime Scene Investigators
Association
www.icsia.org
hbb@icsia.org
ICSIA's 2016 Conference
Kansas City, Missouri
Welcomes the 2016 ICSIA Conference.
May 17 - 19, 2016.
Book your place now for another great
conference.
Wherefrom came those spots?
By Larry Barksdale
Investigators experienced
with scenes involving
decomposed bodies are
familiar with the value of
nature’s busy clean-up
crews. The most known of
these crews (the flies,
maggots, and pupae) can
provide valuable information
pertaining to the time of
death. That information
could prove crucial to the
reconstruction and
interpretation of a criminal
event. On another page,
flies might leave
information that could
produce confusion within the
scene. The following photo
illustrates a portion of a
scene with numerous
geometric patterns like
small dots(1). The geometric
patterns are not unlike
those associated with medium
to high velocity blood
spatter. In fact, the stains
are those produced from the
action of flies. If the
scene was one in which a
human victim was murdered
and sustained gunshot wounds
and the body was found near
the above-depicted stains,
one would have a task at
hand to explain the stains.
For the full article please
click here.
Latent Bloodstains Fluorscein
reagent
Translated by Bert VanDijck
Fluorescein reagent can be used
for the enhancement of latent bloody
marks OR when there is a very poor
contrast between the mark and the
background.
If possible, blood samples are
taken before the reagent is used.
DNA- fingerprint is possible
after the use of this reagent.
For the full article please click here.
Online Training
ICSIA collaborated with the Criminal
Justice Institute of the University of
Arkansas to produce an online training
course: Crime
Scene First Responder For The Uniformed
Officer
Future Editions of "The Examiner"
The themes for the following 2 editions
of the "The Examiner" are:
1) March
2016: Trace
Evidence.
2) May
2016: Toolmarks
If you would like to contribute any
papers/articles/stories from your
experiences about any of these themes,
please do not hesitate to contact
us here with your papers in order to
include them in our future newsletter.
Thank you
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