Imaginary Crime Scene/Mass Disaster Lawanda Holloman Kaplan University Crime Scene Investigation II CJ370 In this paper‚ I am going to describe each specialized personnel that will be needed at the scene of a crime or mass disaster. I will inform you of what duties each of these specialized individuals will possess. You will be able to know and understand each of these responsibilities. At midnight on January 1 a call comes in of multiple gunshots fired at 123 ABC Blvd. Officer Black responds
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the results of fingerprint testing are not valid (Schmalleger‚ 2011). Fingerprint matches are now being done by experts‚ those fingerprints that have been previously been examined to make identification of suspects were presented to the same experts in a different context and the results were different. Similarly‚ DNA evidence for identification of criminals has been marred by several problems. Surreptitious DNA collecting‚ presentation of partial DNA profiles‚ and fake DNA evidence; cast doubts on
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Investigation Lecturer: Mr. John Charles Ellul Fingerprint Evidence Contents • Introduction • History of Fingerprint Evidence • Fingerprint Evidence • Strengths and Weaknesses of Fingerprint Evidence • Case Study involving Fingerprint Evidence • Conclusion • Bibliography Introduction
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field. The practice of fingerprint comparison is not regulated fairly and clearly as it was seen the case with Brandon Mayfield. He was wrongly accused of terrorism in Madrid Spain because his fingerprints were identified as a match to a partial fingerprint on evidence from the scene. It was concluded by “Experts” in their field that this evidence was 99% correct. However‚ what they did not testify to was that the match was based on their “opinion” that the fingerprint was a match‚ not that the
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Review Questions 1. What are the three types of fingerprints found in the human population? How often does each occur? 1. Loop Fingerprints‚ 60-60% 2. Whorl Fingerprints‚ 30-35% 3. Arch Fingerprints‚ 5% 2. What is a medulla? What do forensic scientists use this for? The medulla is the set of cells that run through hair. Forensic scientists use the medulla to look at the shape and color of pigment and also to see if the hair has been bleached or dyed. 3. What is a precipitin test? What is it
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are computers used in fingerprint analysis? Exeperts examine tiny fingerprints in details known as minutiae. These may be loops. Dots‚ forks‚ island‚ etc. Several comparison points must be perfectly matched for two fingerprints to be considered identical. 3. Who is a pioneer in fingerprint analysis? Describe a famous case that this person was involved in. Edward Foster studied fingerprint analysis in the US and introdiced it to Canada. In 1911‚ foster testified as a fingerprint expert in the Jennings
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explain to us the modern uses of finger printing and how it is used in todays world. We hope you enjoy or presentation and that it broadens your mind about a very interesting evidence area. Thank you. When we think of finger printing we immediately think of C.S.I Miami or C.S.I Las vegas and using swabs to gather vital D.N.A evidence or using a very complicated looking machine to take some ones actual prints. However it did not all start like that and a fingerprinting like everything else had to develop
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for years to help solve puzzling crimes. But not to many people know just how long the art of forensic science has been around. For example evidence of fingerprints were found in paintings and prehistoric rock carvings made by humans. The Chinese have probably used forensics much longer than most civilizations. For example back in the 700’s they used fingerprints to find out the identity of documents and clay sculptures. What made this unusual was that there was no form of classification system back
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1) What was the nature of Dr. Dror’s study? What did he tell the fingerprint examiners and what did his results show? What did Dr. Dror say about the role of expectations and how they affect our ability to process information accurately? Do you agree? Why or why not? Please be sure to support your responses with credible‚ scholarly‚ evidence. The nature of Dr. Dror’s study is based on the notion that fingerprint analysis is susceptible to unintentional manipulation by human bias. The purpose of his
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analyzing and interpreting data. My lesson was structured to help students engage in these practices because I had discussion questions written in advance‚ the students created their own individual fingerprinting model‚ the students analyzed their fingerprints‚ and interpreted the information they learned further with more activities. I wrote several discussion questions to ask the students for every section of the lesson and made sure to have the lesson with me while I taught so I was able to refer
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