Forensic photography information

Forensic photography may refer to the visual documentation of different aspects that can be found at a crime scene. It may include the documentation of the crime scene, or physical evidence that is either found at a crime scene or already processed in a laboratory.^[1] Forensic photography differs from other variations of photography because crime scene photographers usually have a very specific purpose for capturing each image.^[2] As a result, the quality of forensic documentation may determine the result of an investigation; in the absence of good documentation, investigators may find it impossible to conclude what did or did not happen.^[3]

Crime scenes can be major sources of physical evidence that is used to associate or link suspects to scenes, victims to scenes, and suspects to victims. Locard's exchange principle is a major concept that helps determine these relationships of evidence.^[3] It is the basic tenet of why crime scenes should be investigated. Anything found at a crime scene can be used as physical evidence as long as it is relevant to the case, which is why the documentation of a crime scene and physical evidence in its true form is key for the interpretation of the investigation.

Knowing that crucial information for an investigation can be found at a crime scene, forensic photography is a form of documentation^[1] that is essential for retaining the quality of discovered physical evidence. Such physical evidence to be documented includes those found at the crime scene, in the laboratory, or for the identification of suspects.^[1]

All forensic photography must consider three elements at a crime scene: the subject, the scale, and a reference object. Also, the overall forensic photographs must be shown as a neutral and accurate representation.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Nafte, Myriam; Dalrymple, Brian (2021). Crime and Measurement: Methods in Forensic Investigation. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. pp. 49–70. ISBN 9781531008536.
^ Robinson, Edward M. (2013). Introduction to crime scene photography (Online-Ausg. ed.). Oxford, UK: Elsevier/Academic Press. pp. 1–77. ISBN 9780123865434.
^ ^a ^b Gardner, Ross M.; Krouskup, Donna R. (2019). Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 107–144. ISBN 978-1-138-04778-5.
^ Miller, Marilyn; Peter, Massey (2016-01-29). The Crime Scene A Visual Guide. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 37–44. ISBN 9780128012451.

[:0-1] Nafte, Myriam; Dalrymple, Brian (2021). Crime and Measurement: Methods in Forensic Investigation. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. pp. 49–70. ISBN 9781531008536.

[2] Robinson, Edward M. (2013). Introduction to crime scene photography (Online-Ausg. ed.). Oxford, UK: Elsevier/Academic Press. pp. 1–77. ISBN 9780123865434.

[:1-3] Gardner, Ross M.; Krouskup, Donna R. (2019). Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 107–144. ISBN 978-1-138-04778-5.

[4] Miller, Marilyn; Peter, Massey (2016-01-29). The Crime Scene A Visual Guide. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 37–44. ISBN 9780128012451.

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