Use a blank piece of typing paper or the demo version of ScenePD (http://www.trancite.com/v2/pages/scenepd/landing-page.html), create a rough sketch of a room according to the guidelines discussed in the video
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od0yP81kqrg).
For the purposes of this exercise, select three or four items in the room as ‘evidence’.
- Describe your evidence briefly in your legend. Remember, evidence is numbered and will retain the number
assigned throughout all case documentation. Non-evidence is labeled ‘A’, ‘B’, etc. Use a Legend to describe
the items. - Add the required information to the sketch including direction (north at the top), date, time, address, specific
room, city, state, case number (make one up), agency, and your name. - You do not need to measure the scene for this project.
- ScenePD is an example of a CAD (Computer Aided Design) software package that is designed for crime
scene and traffic accident sketching. Trancite has a demo version you can download just to see how it works.
Give it a try! - If you used the ScenePD demo, you may upload a screenshot of that.
- Answer the following questions:
• What did you learn while you were completing your rough sketch?
• Which measurement method, from the video and your textbook, would you used had you actually measured
the scene? Why?
• What was the most difficult part of completing the rough sketch?
• Review the circumstances in which drawings and sketches are admissible in court. If this were a real case,
should your rough sketch be allowed in court? Why or why not?
• If your sketch was to scale, would it be allowed?
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