Where People Are Stabbed If your character is wielding a knife or on the receiving end of a blade, you might be …
Collecting Evidence
Collecting evidence is far more involved than what is shown on the screen. Any time evidence is collected from a crime …
The Polygraph Test
Polygraph test results have doomed many a movie/book character. They proclaim their innocence, of course. They always …
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
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
I love forensics on screen. Everything is so precise and quick and with just a glance from the world-weary curmudgeon …
What Happens in an Autopsy
I recently bought a book that talked a bit about autopsy. Yes, I’m romantic like that. And, it was so interesting! I …
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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