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Crime Scene Staging - Investigating Suspect Misdirection Of The Crime Scene

  • MCSO Training Division 2627 South 35th Avenue Phoenix, AZ, 85003 United States (map)

Second Look Training and Forensic Consulting $350.00

Course overview

In the course of their careers most detectives have come into contact with staged crime scenes; that is, a scene or evidence intentionally altered by the offender to misdirect an investigation. This type of staged scenes is a well known event to experienced detectives.

To better understand the dynamics of these events, this course discusses the nature of “staging” and introduces new terminology to describe these events. We also introduce a methodology into establishing the scene was staged.

Students will learn how to properly recognize and categorize staged scenes and provide the crime scene investigators, detectives, and prosecutors with a greater understanding of crime scene staging and how to use this evidence in solving cases.

Course Instruction Topics:

  • The Concept of Staging

    • What is Staging?

    • How Many Staged Scenes

  • Motives and Types of Staging

    • ​False Statements

    • Categorizing Staged Scenes

    • Motives

  • Primary Staging

    • Ad Hoc Primary Staged Scenes

    • Premeditated Primary Staged Scenes

  • Secondary Staging

    • Modus Operandi (MO)

    • Personation

    • Depersonalization

    • Undoing

    • Body Posing

    • Ritualistic of Symbolic

  • Tertiary Staging or Incidental Scene Alterations

  • Victimology

    • Risk Factors

    • Factual Information

    • Subjective Criteria

    • Gathering Victimology Information

    • Investigative Uses of Victimology

    • Low, Medium and High Risk Victims

    • Offender Risk

  • Investigating Staged Scenes

    • Red Flags

    • Overall Nature of the Report

    • Timing of Events

    • Coincidences

    • “Victim” Reactions to the Event

    • Method of Entry

    • Forensic Findings

    • Offender Behaviors

    • Proprietary Interest

    • How Prepared was the Offender to Commit the Crime?

  • Staged Property Crimes

    • Burglary

    • Point of Entry

    • The Search

    • Vehicles

    • Arson

  • Robbery, Kidnapping and Personal Injury

  • Interrupted Burglaries and Home Invasions

  • Homicide Staged as Suicide

    • Suicide Risk Factors

    • Investigative Considerations

    • Victim and Scene factors

    • Victim Antemortem Actions and Statements

    • Suicide Notes

    • Precipitating Event

    • Suicides Staged to Resemble Homicides

  • Staged Sex Crimes and False Complaints

    • Staged Sexual Homicides

    • False Rape Complaints

    • Motives for False Rape Complaints

    • Cautions

  • Working with Prosecutors

    • Primary Staging

    • Admitting Primary Staging Into Court

    • Profiling Vs Crime Scene Reconstruction, Analysis

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