If your character has witnessed or been a victim of a crime, you might write them meeting with a criminal sketch artist. …
The Truth About the Polygraph Test
A character is murdered. All fingers point toward the hero who, in an effort to prove their innocence, quickly submits …
Blood Pattern Evidence
The CSI Effect is the belief that TV crime shows are effecting the decisions of juries. Jurors have an expectation of …
Where People Are Stabbed
Where People Are Stabbed If your character is wielding a knife or on the receiving end of a blade, you might be …
Collecting Evidence Step by Step
Collecting evidence is far more involved than what is shown on the screen. Any time evidence is collected from a crime …
Types of Crime Scene Evidence
We're continuing our series on CSI. In this post, we will look at different types of evidence you might write into a …
CSI Myths to Avoid in your Writing
If you are using CSI TV shows as reference for your work, you might want to reconsider. A lot of what you see are CSI …
The CSI Effect – Evidence Readers Expect to See
When it comes to TV forensics, what you see is definitely fiction. And, there's a reason for it. Like actual fights, …
What Happens in an Autopsy – for Writers
In writing my most recent book Fight Write, Round Two: Crafting Chaos, Combat and Crime, I took a deep dive into …
Crime Scenes: Call to Clean-Up, Pt 2 Dispatch, EMS, FD, PD
In our last post in this series we looked at how to dial emergency around the world. Today we will look at the …
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