CRIME SCENE LABORATORY
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
MAKING A DIFFRANCE TOGETHER
Presentation
:The initiative of establishing a crime scene laboratory affiliated to the Department of Sociology at the University of Sharjah came as part of the innovative programs recommended by the university administration. Such programs are of great importance in the development of other sciences and have a positive impact on the students and the local community at large, an impact that will prove positively on the ground.
Crime is a social phenomenon that is closely related to society; it stems from it and occurs in it. In fact, there is no society that is free of crime. With the scientific advancement that took place in the world, the type of crimes that are committed changed from traditional crimes to modern crimes, committed with different modern and scientific methods that can only be discovered by using sophisticated scientific methods that keep pace with the development of the crime. Thus, the teaching of criminology with all its contents and its various areas came as an integrated scientific system that is concerned with the study of crime, how it develops, how to prevent and combat it, and develop detection methods that suit the development of the criminal methods to achieve criminal justice; protect societies from the danger of crime, its perpetrators and its consequences; and restore rights to their owners, and achieve security, stability and tranquillity among the people.
Based on the foregoing and the spread of crimes which are committed by experienced criminals using advanced methods in our societies, it has become a necessity for the University of Sharjah in collaboration with the Crime Scene Laboratory / Department of Sociology to have a fundamental and effective role in providing training and raising awareness among faculty members, citizens, the local community, and the relevant authorities by providing educational and applied courses through lectures and meetings of all kinds. It is essential that each targeted group has a specific meeting or training that corresponds to the nature of their work, their role in the crime scene—whether in how to detect and deal with it, or how to protect and preserve the crime scene. In addition, training and awareness-raising may take place through field applications and scenarios for different crime scenes and train them on how to use the devices and tools needed. Moreover, the training should include an explanation of the importance of these devices and tools in detecting the crime scene and
how to seize and remove traces and forensic evidence from the scene of the crime.
The training should also emphasise the importance of the crime scene from a legal perspective, how the legal person deals with the crime scene from a practical and theoretical perspective, and how s/he infers the type of case or crime through the crime scene or the place where the crime occurred because s/he is the silent witness or the repository of secrets that contains evidence for how the crime was committed, so s/he can formulate the legal description of the crime.
The importance of the crime scene laboratory can also be seen in the field of scientific research. Once researchers understand the interdisciplinarity of forensic sciences, their link to the crime scene, and the great benefit they provide in achieving what is required, they apply forensic tools in the crime scene laboratory and conduct scientific research to reach the research results, show the benefit of it, and apply it on the ground. This is because when a crime is committed, it is necessary to prove the criminal incident, and this is done through the results of forensic research which help detect the crime scene. This is what we want to achieve in order to ensure that the correct procedures are followed and to guarantee the principle of the chain of custody and criminal justice in a scientific and an unquestionable manner.
Vision:
We embrace a scientific vision that stems from the keenness and interest of the University of Sharjah in combating crime with all its scientific and research methods, in sharing and collaborating with the relevant authorities and the external community, and in providing them with scientific and applied expertise and theoretical studies through the crime scene laboratory that was established in order to achieve these goals. This is to ensure that the evolution in crime fighting precedes the evolution of crime and the criminal. In addition, we adhere to developing the work of the crime scene and apply field scenarios for various crimes to train the students on how to deal with, detect, and explain the importance of evidence and forensic traces at the crime scene and how to raise and seize them using the correct scientific methods.
Goals:
1. Introducing the crime scene and stressing the importance and types of forensic evidence at the crime scene and how to deal with it, protect it, and preserve it.
2. Introducing the procedures to be followed and performed by the first responder at the crime scene and the location of the crime.
3. Determining the importance of preserving the crime scene, how to control and manage it, and how to report the occurrence of a crime.
4. Training on how to deal with crime scene detection devices, tools and forensic evidence and how to use them through the crime scene laboratory by creating scenarios and practical applications for different crimes.
5. Determining the forensic sciences that are related to crime scene detection and how to benefit from them and apply them on the ground.
6. Demonstrating the benefit of the crime scene in studying and writing scientific research and how to apply this research on the ground, according to scientific specialization.
7. Exchanging experiences with external parties that have a direct relationship with the field of crime scene detection and forensic evidence and demonstrating their role in achieving criminal justice.
8. Demonstrating and highlighting the role of the University of Sharjah in combating crime by preparing and presenting meetings to raise awareness and develop a sense of security among different communities, as well as exchanging experiences with entities that have a direct relationship with the crime scene by presenting research and scientific studies that are related to criminology in all its scientific forms.
9. Acquiring the technical skills, knowledge and competence necessary to work at crime scenes and how to benefit from crime scenes in the field of scientific research.
The main themes
1. Defining the crime scene as one of the scientific research tools
2. Stating the importance of the crime scene and its components in society 3. Practices to preserve and deal with crime scenes
4. Criminal justice and insurance of legal rights through crime scene detection
5. The role of forensic sciences in crime scene detection
6. How to benefit from the crime scene in the field of scientific research 7. Realistic case studies showing the role and importance of the crime scene 8. Practical applications and scenarios for crime scene researchers
Outputs:
1. Analysing crime scenes and applying criminological theories at crime scenes
2. Developing the necessary skills and competencies in the field of crime scene and training on how to acquire these skills.
3. Exchanging experiences with the relevant authorities in the field of crime scene to increase scientific skills and competencies.
4. Increasing awareness and developing a sense of security for the participant through educational meetings and lectures and a realisation that he is an important part of the community in maintaining security.
5. Raising awareness among the participants of the importance of preserving the crime scene to achieve the principle of criminal justice.
6. Training on ow to benefit from the crime scene in the field of scientific research and apply the results on the ground.
7 . Improving the participant’s ability to use devices and equipment in crime scene detection and know their importance at the crime scene
8. Knowing how to achieve and guarantee the principle of criminal justice through the scientific results that are obtained after detecting traces and forensic evidence from the crime scene.
Beneficiaries:
1. Student and working bodies, master's and doctoral students in the crime scene course at the University of Sharjah
2. The Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences
3. The various faculties and departments of the university that are directly related to the crime scene
4. The Center for Continuing Education at the University of Sharjah
5. Sharjah Police, Crime Scene Department and Sharjah Criminal Laboratory
6. Sharjah Academy of Police Sciences
7. The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Sharjah 8. The Institute of Training and Judicial Studies / Sharjah 9. Other governmental agencies and local communities
10. Public and private schools and various educational institutes
Forensic Expert
Crime Scene Laboratory Officer Murad Al-Adayleh
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