Crime Scene Protection by Volunteer Rescuers

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study knowledge, understanding and solutions for preserving forensic evidence and protecting crime scenes by rescue volunteers of the Suk-Sala-Nukhro Foundation, Nakhon Pathom Province. The sample group consisted of 353 people. From the results most are male, aged between 31-40 years old, educational qualifications are at vocational or high vocational certificate and bachelor's degree, working as an employee of a private company. They have between 6-10 years of experience as rescue volunteers and most of them have never received training in forensic science. The average test score was 16.33 and the S.D. value was 1.8. It shows that most rescue volunteers received a high level of knowledge. Analysis of the relationship between personal factors and cognition revealed that gender, age, educational level, and occupations were not significantly different but the experience of being a rescue volunteer and receiving training were significantly different (p-value <0.05). The problem is that they lack knowledge and understanding. The way to solve this problem is the government sector organizes training and disseminates knowledge to rescue volunteers.