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