Lecture # 1 Introduction to Forensic Science FOS 706 y g Physical & Biological Evidence Professor Linda Rourke Blackboard Website Must have CUNY Portal account Go to www.cuny.edu Click on Log-in (lower left) LogRegister (right side) Enter Blackboard from JJC site Announcements‚ terminology sheets‚ etc. will be posted throughout semester Professional Organizations NEAFS (Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists) AAFS (American
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Unit 6: Assignment Lisa Bowser Kaplan University CJ328: Forensic Fingerprint Analysis Prof: David Bridges October 28‚ 2012 When I was dusting my apartment for prints I found about 5 different prints and 2 partial prints. I found one partial print on the glass on my coffee table in the living room and one partial print on the night stand in my room. I found 2 prints on the glass on the sliding door to my patio and 1 print on the mirror in the master bathroom‚ 1 print on the back of a CD
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breakthrough’s in technology that aids investigators in solving crimes. Those many breakthroughs have come in the forensic sciences and the technologies used to find and collect evidence from crime scenes. Fingerprint analysis and collection has come a very long way since the days of its birth. Fingerprints can be lifted from crime scenes today within seconds when it was almost impossible to in the past. Some other technological advances that have been facilitated in the field of forensic sciences are
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the kitchen. The team also noticed that there was a reddish substance on the blunt end of a hammer found in the garage. While taking photographs of the crime scene‚ I noticed there was a series of bloody fingerprints on the body of the deceased. After taking numerous pictures of the fingerprints and making copies using porous material techniques‚ mid-range‚ overall and close-up photographs were taken using scales and evidence markers. Blood spatter and a bloody shoe print were also collected from
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A registry entails no paperwork for gun owners or restrictions on gun purchases‚ just better detective work. Does this mean their lobby is onboard? Please. The NRA is working overtime to shoot holes in the new technology” (Pull the Trigger on Fingerprints‚ 2002‚ Para 5). If the NRA were on board‚ this technology would flourish. There are some states already requiring gun
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2nd Quarter Project Title: A Fever In The Heart Authors Name: Ann Rule Publisher: Time Warner Date of publication: October 1996 Plot: The main idea of this book was writing a true-life story and analyzing how two famous serial killers‚ James Ruzicka and Carl Harp‚ had very similar lives. They were mirror images of each other. “A Fever In The Heart” by Ann Rule‚ started off with their important facts and events from their childhood to their adulthood. These two serial killers were
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JUS 485 Midterm Exam Answer the following questions‚ which are based upon the first four modules of the course. 1. Explain why it is that evidence gained through the forensic science process is almost always considered to be circumstantial evidence. The most important fact that makes forensic evidence circumstantial is because science cannot be clearly defined by law. The legal system have created standards and written legal rules regarding the admissibility of forensic evidence. When forensic
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Stevens 1 Corey Stevens Language Arts Period 3-4 Ms. Truax March 28‚ 2005 Forensic Science Forensic scientists solve exiting and puzzling mysteries‚ which makes the unsolvable crimes solvable. Forensic science started in England in the 1780’s. Scientists use microscopes that can magnify things from 1‚500 to 250‚000 times! This enables them to contribute like none other to the capture of criminals. In order to become a forensic scientist‚ first you must become a scientist first.
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Forensic Science was officially developed in the 13th century. It began when a murder mystery in China led a man named Song Ci to compare multiple wounds on animals with different weapons to see which wound matched that of the victim. Song Ci was living in 1248‚ so he was not even close to the technology we have today in the field of Forensic Science. In fact‚ forensic science just kept growing and eventually‚ hundreds of years later; the first official forensic science lab was opened in Los Angeles
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forensic scientists in addition to your suspect sketch? Choose one piece of evidence that might be available. How would forensic scientists use the evidence to identify the suspect? Fingerprints on the toilet paper‚ or anywhere else. You could also look around to see if the criminal has dropped something of his. Fingerprints could be analyzed and as they are unique it would be easier to track the criminal down. In the second crime scene‚ what other evidence might be available for forensic scientists
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