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Crime Scene Decision Lab: Reconstruct the Evidence

Twelve fictional case-based decisions on crime scene safety, documentation, evidence recovery, contamination, and interpretation, using a labelled scene exhibit.

Illustrative crime scene photography, not evidence from the fictional storefront — Illustrative site-library image. The storefront and evidence markers are fictional and described separately below.

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Simulated case: A small shop has a broken window. Welfare checks are complete. The scene diagram below is schematic, not a photograph or measured map.

EntranceA · D

Broken windowB

DeskC

Glass partitionE

A · Outside door handle

Reddish smear; touched by responder before CSI.

B · Broken window mat

Glass fragments scattered inside.

C · Desk

Active smartphone with incoming notifications.

D · Wet soil near entrance

Partial footwear impression; rain forecast.

E · Glass partition

Possible latent print under oblique light.

Responder log: 08:12 — Door handle touched during welfare response. 08:18 — Chair moved to gain access. 08:25 — CSI photographs scene. Rain is forecast.

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