throughout America today‚ and for many‚ it is either one or the other. This decision is never taken lightly with lives often being at stake. Whether it’s an officer‚ a soldier‚ or just a man buying groceries for his family‚ knowing what is in the firearm is the most important thing. When engaging a target‚ a shooter needs
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circumstances of the case and how the perpetrator – Coulston‚ was eventually captured and the evidence that flowed to convict him for the triple murders in Summit Road‚ Burwood. In this case study I will examine the forensic evidence (limited to the main ballistic evidence)‚ that was presented in the criminal trials and the forensic evidence that was introduced by the prosecution. Background Coulston was caught by police not for the murders in Burwood but for an armed robbery that occurred several
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The history of Forensic science i.e. applying "scientific" principles to legal questions has a long and intriguing history. Notable examples include: In 44BC following the assassination of Julius Caesar the attending physician proclaimed that of the 23 wounds found on the body ‘only one’ was fatal. In the 5th century Germanic and Slavic societies were believed to be the first to put down in statute that medical experts should be employed to determine cause of death. In 1247 the first textbook on
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Eyewitness evidence is the testimony of a person giving an account of an event they have witnessed‚ for example the identification of perpetrators and details of the crime scene. An eyewitness can be a victim‚ a bystander‚ or a participant in the crime‚ the most common type of eyewitness identification is pretrial identification (Arkowitz‚ 2009). There are three types of pretrial identification they are
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Week 5 Discussion 1 Select one of the following Activities from Chapter 10 of Crime Prevention for your initial post. Activity: Crime Prevention. Medical Focus – Brain Dysfunction Activity: Crime Prevention. Crime Prevention – Social Capital & Human Capital Critical Thinking: Create a Crime Prevention Program (Reduce Poverty). Critical Thinking: Re-entry Programs Is crime caused by brain malfunction? Most efforts to fight crime focuses on sociological approaches like counseling‚ and rehabilitation
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to develop. With each passing decade and through World Wars‚ firearms were becoming more and more lethal. Scientists were being hired to invent and produce weaponry that would kill a man in his tracks‚ while being more light weight and more mechanically sound. In order to do this though‚ they had to run many tests‚ some
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The National Firearms Act only imposed an authority tax‚ but it has been assumed that Congress had an underlying purpose to prohibit transactions in these certain firearms. This can be seen through that statement made saying‚ “The Act was a response to gangster-era violence‚ which Prohibition fueled. The Act attempted to ban gangster weapons
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Kinds of Forensic Evidences Forensic scientists often work as generalists‚ meaning that they have expertise in working with a wide variety of evidence types. Different types of evidence require different skills and equipment. Types of evidence that are most frequently analyzed during investigations are as follows: • Biological Evidence In investigative biological evidence‚ forensic scientists utilize tools both at the scene‚ and in the lab. When a forensic scientist turns up at the crime scene
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School of Police Staff & Command Class #175 Naperville‚ Illinois December 9‚ 2002 Executive Summary The North Aurora Police Department currently allows officers to carry their choice of 9mm or .45 caliber pistols; no long guns are available. The Firearms Training Unit has proposed that the department adopt the .223 caliber rifle for patrol officer use. The reasons for this proposal are: (1) pistols are inherently less accurate and have a shorter effective range than long guns such as rifles and shotguns
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In the cases of the government officials may use firearms for various reasons‚ such as to remind and to protect public safety from suspects or even to protect the officers themselves‚ the officers need to be armed with the pistol. The officers have only short time to ponder before the first shooting and it will be resulted to the suspects. In some cases‚ if they have decided to shoot‚ it may result to fatal suspects and non-suspects too‚ this may be innocent. Therefore‚ the first shooting‚ it is
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