CSI

 

Overview:

 

If you enjoy watching the various CSI shows on television, you will have a blast with a “real” crime scene investigation. You will learn about the world of forensic science and how it is used to solve crimes. Former police officers lead the day with you playing the role of detective.

From top to bottom, you are outfitted in crime scene investigation gear with gloves, masks and a full body suit which covers your DNA. Next, you are quizzed to see how many tools of the trade you recognize in forensic police work.

You will experience different speakers throughout the day teaching you about how to build a successful team and how to use each individual’s strengths in the professional world. You will learn about anti-terrorism, document forgery, reconstructing an accident scene, internet fraud, the role of women in police work. The fingerprinting class is enlightening as you learn how to create good fingerprints and analyze them.

After a short break to give your brain a rest, you and your team will get to conduct a crime scene investigation. Depending on your company’s type of business, the crime scene can be tailored to it. For instance, if the team players work together in a department store, perhaps the crime scene could reflect a jewelry heist.

You and your team can expect some of these interesting CSI activities:

If the Shoe Fits:
You learn how to cast shoe prints left behind at a crime scene such as those left in the dirt. Mixing plaster and water together without destroying the shoe print is a fine art! Sometimes, shoe prints can make or break a case.

Fingerprinting:
You learn how to dust for fingerprints using tools of the trade such as special powder, brushes and other equipment.

Handwriting Analysis:
Handwriting can tell a lot about a suspect in a crime scene. You will learn to interpret handwriting looking for clues through how the letters are formed and sloped. Usually you will be able to tell if a person is right or left handed in addition to other details.

Dental First Impressions:
You will learn a bit about forensic dentistry and how you can identify a suspect using teeth marks.

Glimpse into the Criminal Mind:
Psychology is an inexact science but there are some identifiers that can help you with pinpointing criminals and why they act the way they do. Forensic psychology can help you with your investigation and give you a glimpse into how and why a criminal acts they way they do.

Document Reconstruction:
You will learn how to take fragments of paper and reconstruct them into a piece of viable evidence. Not all criminals are very smart and they may not know that their destroyed piece of paper evidence can be reconstructed CSI-style.

Going to Court:
Brush up on your acting skills and testify in a mock trial presenting your CSI evidence gathered using your newfound abilities. Everyone in your group will have a role to play from lawyers and judge to jury and suspects.

You will also learn how to create a physical profile using special CSI software that is often manipulated to create “most wanted” posters and such. You will learn how to pick and choose facial features in the software to create a facial construction of the prime suspect.

These CSI instructions would not be complete without occasional quizzes by the leaders to prove you know your “stuff.” Hopefully by the end of the day you will have pinpointed the correct suspect in the criminal case. Forensic leaders conducting this CSI day will then award prizes to the winners.