Browsing by Author "Alberto Luciano Rengifo Osorio (director externo)"

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    Application and impact of surveying in criminal investigation
    (UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS, 1998) JULIETH MORALES GALINDO; BELLAMIRA RAMIREZ LOPEZ.; Julieth Morales Galindo; Bellamira Ramírez López; Alberto Luciano Rengifo Osorio (director externo); Rafael Antonio Luengas Pérez (director interno)
    This study compiles and systematizes information from State institutions that support the administration of justice, such as the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, the Office of the Attorney General and the National Police (DIJIN), in order to analyze how surveying is applied in the investigation of criminal events. It focuses particularly on its use in cases of deaths caused by firearm projectiles and traffic accidents, showing that criminalistics relies on the natural sciences—especially physics—and that surveying, as a technique of measurement and graphic representation, is essential for fixing the crime scene, documenting the death‑scene investigation and reconstructing the dynamics of events. The topographic survey, carried out carefully and systematically, makes it possible to record information on the position of the body, the location of evidence, trajectories, access routes and the physical environment, which is later translated into sketch maps and scaled plans. Two theoretical‑practical cases—one traffic accident and one homicide by firearm—are presented to illustrate the working methodology of the surveyor within the technical team and to demonstrate the impact of surveying on criminal investigation and judicial decision‑making.