Individual Work Week 2 Samantha Williams Criminalistics Francis Henry Galton’s contribution was the one that published “Fingerprints‚” a book that has helped lead us to the use of fingerprinting for identification. This book was published in 1892. The use of fingerprinting has helped the forensics world a lot with finding those who have committed a crime or even the victim‚ if unknown. “The Father of Forensic Toxicology‚” is Mathieu Orfila. Mathieu was the man who published the detection of poisons
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Jennifer Humphrey Criminalistics Individual Work Week 3 1. Name two synthetic opiates and describe the purpose for which each is typically used. * Methadone is perhaps the best known synthesized opiate. A person that receives periodic doses of methadone would not get high if he/she then took heroin or morphine. It’s purpose is to eliminate an addicts desire for heroin‚ with minimal side effects. Mainly‚ heroin addicts receive methadone to reduce or prevent future heroin use. Some physicians
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1. Examine the various search patterns investigators can use to systematically search crime scenes for evidence. Line/strip search-method used by one or two investigators who walk in straight lines across the crime scene. This method is best used in scenes where the boundaries are well established. Grid search-method employed by two people who perform overlapping line searches forming a grid. This method is very thorough. Spiral search-employs one person where the investigator moves either in
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science? What is criminalistics? www.aafs.org Annual Meeting usually held during the third week in February‚ various locations NYMS DEFINITIONS www.neafs.org Annual NEAFS Meeting: usually in October or November in a location in the Northeast New York Microscopical Society www.nyms.org FORENSIC SCIENCE De Forest‚ Gaensslen & Lee: “Forensic science is the application of the natural sciences to matters of the law” 1 CRIMINALISTICS CAC: Criminalistics is “that profession
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This essay will give a critical review of the R-v-Guy Paul Morin case‚ which started to take place in Canada over twenty years ago. It will look at both the prosecution and defence cases‚ the evidence given within both cases and the decisions from both court cases and the appeal‚ which finally freed Guy Paul Morin. On New Years Eve 1984 Christine Jessop a nine-year-old girl from Ontario‚ Canada was found murdered in a field about fifty kilometres from where she lived. Christine Jessop ’s body
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Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in Criminalistics My career plan includes finishing school with several different degrees‚ to include; an Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice‚ a Bachelors degree in Forensics/Investigations and a Bachelors degree in Technology. One of the most vital skills I have learned in my Critical Thinking and Ethics class is the importance of critical thinking. I am a natural procrastinator and using the critical thinking skills that I have acquire‚ I believe that I may be
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1) What is your learning style and were you surprised by it? Why or Why not? My learning style is Kinesthetic I’m not surprised at all I feel that suit’s me very well I somewhat disagree because I feel like I learn by Visual as well I feel as though I’m a better learner by sight. I agree because I’m a Do-er I rather do hands on if looking at it didn’t help me the first time. 2) Review How Do You Perceive and process Information? Describe three specific characteristics of your learning style
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What is Ballistic Gelatin and how is does it aid in Criminalistics? Ballistic gelatin is a solution of gelatin powder in water. Ballistic gelatin closely simulates the density and viscosity of human and animal muscle tissue‚ and is used as a standardized medium for testing the terminal performance of firearms ammunition. While ballistic gelatin does not model the structure of the body‚ including skin and bones‚ it works fairly well as an approximation of tissue and provides similar performance
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1. The physical science unit applies principles and techniques of chemistry‚ physics‚ and geology to the identification and comparison of crime scene evidence. 2. The wide variation in which services are offered in different crime laboratories is due to variations in local laws and budgetary and staffing limitations only. 3. The tendency of the public to believe that every crime scene will yield forensic science evidence and their unrealistic expectations that a prosecutor’s case should always
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1. Explain the terms area of convergence and area of origin and explain what each term reveals to an investigator. The area of convergence of an impact spatter pattern is the area the individual stains emanated from on a two-dimensional plane. The area of origin of a bloodstain pattern in three-dimensional space may represent the position of the victim or suspect when the stain-producing event took place. These areas can determine and reveal to an investigator the direction of force‚ angle of impact
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