The main purpose of this research is to assess the utilisation of the Local Criminal
Record Centre (LCRC) in rape crime scenes. First responders need to attend to the
crime scene and secure it as soon as possible. Other role-players such as the Family
Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) investigator and LCRC
fieldworkers should be activated by the first responder to the rape crime scene.
Ideally, role-players should be activated as soon as the case is reported to the first
responder. Members of the LCRC are responsible for recording the crime scene by
taking photographs, making video recordings and drawing sketch plans of the scene.
The LCRC is also responsible for processing the rape scene for physical evidence
such as fingerprints, blood, hair, semen and saliva. The crime scene is a major
source of information as far as physical evidence is concerned. The body of the
victim is also a major source of physical evidence.
It is therefore essential to have the rape victim examined by a medical examiner and
the crime scene to be processed by the LCRC fieldworker timeously, in order to
secure physical evidence that could be used to individualise a suspect. The
discovery of physical evidence could place the suspect on the scene of crime and
link such suspect to the crime committed. The physical evidence could also assist in
corroborating the version of events from the victim. The physical evidence could also
be used to exclude suspects as well.
This dissertation seeks to highlight the importance of having the LCRC processing
rape crime scenes for physical evidence and to emphasise the responsibility of the
first responders to activate LCRC fieldworkers to process the scene of incident
timeously, in order to maximise physical evidence recovery. / Criminology and Security Science / M. Tech. (Forensic Investigation)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/25010 |
| Date | 02 1900 |
| Creators | Maneli, Luvuyo |
| Contributors | Mokwena, Rakgetse John, Olivier, Nicolaas Jacobus Campher |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (x, 72 leaves) |
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