IAI CSCSA case studies
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The Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst (CSCSA) is a certification offered within the International Association for Identification (IAI) certification program, which the IAI lists alongside Bloodstain Pattern, Footwear, Forensic Art, Forensic Photography & Imaging, Forensic Video, Latent Print, and Tenprint Fingerprint certification. The IAI describes itself as the oldest and largest forensic association in the world, representing a membership assembled to educate, share, critique and publish methods, techniques and research in the physical forensic science disciplines. The IAI CSCSA case studies are 5 cases and about 3,011 words.
1The Garage Heater
At 07:10 on a July morning, deputies respond to a detached garage behind a vacant rental house. The overhead door is closed; a side door is ajar.
598 words, about 3 min2The Sash Print
At 23:40, a homeowner returns to find her 71-year-old father unresponsive in the living room of his bungalow and a rear window sash raised. A patrol officer arrives, sees the victim, and climbs through the open window to unlock the front door for paramedics; he later tells you he may have touched the frame.
599 words, about 3 min3The Burned Sedan
At 02:15, firefighters extinguish a sedan fully involved in fire on a gravel pull-off. After overhaul, a charred body is found in the driver's seat, flexed, with no obvious skull fracture.
603 words, about 3 min4Room 312
A 26-year-old woman reports a sexual assault in hotel room 312 at 06:00; she says the assault occurred around 01:30 after she had been drinking. She showered at 05:00 and changed clothes.
592 words, about 3 min5The Scattered Cranium
A hunter reports a human cranium and scattered long bones in a mixed hardwood forest on a south-facing slope in October. Responding deputies walk to the scene, flag the cranium, and photograph it with a phone before calling you.
619 words, about 3 min