TY - GEN
T1 - A task analysis of crime scene investigation
AU - Smith, Paul
AU - Baber, Chris
AU - Wooley, Sandra
AU - Cross, James
AU - Hunter, John
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - The Home Office Science and Technology Strategy identifies the need for criminal investigators to harness new technologies to enhance efficiency during the course of an investigation. Wearable computer technology has developed to provide technological support to many vocational tasks. The aim of the Methods to Support Shared Analysis for Mobile investigators (MsSAM) project is to develop and demonstrate the application of such technology to crime scene investigation. As an initial step in the design process, a detailed task analysis of crime scene investigation has been undertaken. Communicating with individuals involved in crime scene examination and those providing forensic services to police organisations, a theory of technological support to crime scene investigation will be compiled. Using the acquired information, a task analysis of the crime scene examiners duties will be analysed to aid the design specification and creation of a prototype. From this analysis it is possible to divide the process into discrete stages. Each stage has different information requirements, data handling issues and communication demands. Taking into consideration the variables present in crime scene investigation, we explore the interaction of the forensic practitioner with their environment at both the volume crime scene and the major crime scene and the interaction with other forensic disciplines, such as forensic archaeology and fire investigation.
AB - The Home Office Science and Technology Strategy identifies the need for criminal investigators to harness new technologies to enhance efficiency during the course of an investigation. Wearable computer technology has developed to provide technological support to many vocational tasks. The aim of the Methods to Support Shared Analysis for Mobile investigators (MsSAM) project is to develop and demonstrate the application of such technology to crime scene investigation. As an initial step in the design process, a detailed task analysis of crime scene investigation has been undertaken. Communicating with individuals involved in crime scene examination and those providing forensic services to police organisations, a theory of technological support to crime scene investigation will be compiled. Using the acquired information, a task analysis of the crime scene examiners duties will be analysed to aid the design specification and creation of a prototype. From this analysis it is possible to divide the process into discrete stages. Each stage has different information requirements, data handling issues and communication demands. Taking into consideration the variables present in crime scene investigation, we explore the interaction of the forensic practitioner with their environment at both the volume crime scene and the major crime scene and the interaction with other forensic disciplines, such as forensic archaeology and fire investigation.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863393088
SN - 0415374480
SN - 9780415374484
T3 - Contemporary Ergonomics 2005
SP - 331
EP - 335
BT - Contemporary Ergonomics 2005
T2 - Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society: Contemporary Ergonomics 2005, CE 2005
Y2 - 5 April 2005 through 7 April 2005
ER -