For this assessment, you are required to submit a report (2,000 words, +/- 10%) providing evidence-based recommendations to enhance crime scene investigation at burglary dwelling scenes
introduction (approx 100 words)
A brief generic summary of the purpose of the report. State what the report will cover within this section.
Context (approx 600 words)
Provide some information here to set the scene for the area of focus that you have selected for your report:
In this section you must:
- Define the aspect of the Crime Scene Investigation of a burglary dwelling scene that your report will focus on
- Highlight the challenges or problematic aspects of this aspect of Crime Scene Investigation that you will look to address. Use academic literature to support this evaluation
Evidenced-based recommendations (approx 1,200 words – approx 600 words per recommendation)
Make two recommendations to enhance crime scene investigation in burglary dwelling contexts.
These could include one or a combination of the following types of approach:
- Ideas informed by the literature (forensic science or interdisciplinary learning)
- Approaches adopted to combat similar challenges in other domains (which you can cite in the literature) and could apply to improve practice within the crime scene investigation of burglary dwelling scenes
- Planned experimental work that could be carried out in order to establish an evidence base behind change – if you are going to discuss experimental work then make sure that you are detailed and specific in relation to what should be done, what the theoretical basis for this is, and what the potential impact would be
Tips for some effective recommendations
- Be detailed and specific
- Be creative
- Make sure that it is clear how the recommendation you have made will help to enhance crime scene investigation
- Your recommendations do not have to completely ‘solve’ a problem – but they must provide an evidence base that will work towards a solution, make this clear in the scope of your report
- You can suggest novel experimental work (as detailed above). If you do this make sure that you cite an evidence base to support this being a useful activity to support enhanced practice
- Your recommendations can be linked to each other or may look to address separate aspects
- You should consider how the effectiveness of the recommendations you have made could be measured
- See guidance here on making recommendations ‘SMART’
You must ensure that the approaches that you suggested include citations as appropriate and are informed by relevant literature.
Conclusion (approx 100 words)
A brief summary of what has been set out in the report.
This will have subheadings and will clearly report back your recommendations.
Consider a professional audience
The assessment guidance sets out how you should break this down into sections. Follow the guidance provided in terms of breaking up the work.
Your remit here is to make recommendations. The assessment guidance stipulates that you should make two recommendations within your report. The approaches that you set out need to be based on evidence that supports them being potentially effective
need to have lot of government and academic references so government reports, journal articles
need to make sure research is done around burglary dwellings and new research is being used to inform the recommendations