I draw with white chalk, well, more precisely, how I draw. I surround the body The scene with a body marked with chalk on the asphalt is one of the most familiar in detective series and movies. But have you ever wondered where this cinematic cliché came from? Tracing the contours of a body with chalk is not an invention of screenwriters, but a full-fledged working technique, which is sometimes used in practice at the scene of an incident, explains Boris Glazunov, associate professor at the Department of Criminal and Legal Procedures of NLU(f)TSU, candidate of legal sciences. But there is a nuance: not always and not as shown in the movies. - When an accident scene is examined, first there is a so-called static phase, when objects do not move. Then - dynamic, when the body can be turned or carried sideways. To understand later exactly how it is placed, the location is outlined in chalk," says Boris Glazunov. At the same time, there are no strict requirements to describe every body in chalk. In each specific case, the specialist decides individually whether it is necessary. - In general, this is a kind of cliché that you see on TV, but it is quite feasible in practice. So it can be considered not a stamp, but one of the manifestations of legal technology," Boris Glazunov concluded.

I draw with white chalk, well, more precisely, how I draw. I surround the body The scene with a body marked with chalk on the asphalt is one of the most familiar in detective series and movies. But have you ever wondered where this cinematic cliché came from? Tracing the contours of a body with chalk is not an invention of screenwriters, but a full-fledged working technique, which is sometimes used in practice at the scene of an incident, explains Boris Glazunov, associate professor at the Department of Criminal and Legal Procedures of NLU(f)TSU, candidate of legal sciences. But there is a nuance: not always and not as shown in the movies. - When an accident scene is examined, first there is a so-called static phase, when objects do not move. Then - dynamic, when the body can be turned or carried sideways. To understand later exactly how it is placed, the location is outlined in chalk," says Boris Glazunov. At the same time, there are no strict requirements to describe every body in chalk. In each specific case, the specialist decides individually whether it is necessary. - In general, this is a kind of cliché that you see on TV, but it is quite feasible in practice. So it can be considered not a stamp, but one of the manifestations of legal technology," Boris Glazunov concluded.