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    Forensic Investigations

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    Dr. Edmond Locard’s Exchange Principle states‚ “Any action of an individual‚ and obviously the violent action constituting a crime‚ cannot occur without leaving a trace.” It is hard to say Locard’s Exchange Principle was not disregarded. After three months of expert investigation it was found that the DNA evidence that was discovered at the scene did not belong to Jennifer or Noura. Also Noura’s own DNA was not found at all at the scene of the crime. It is very hard to understand how Noura could

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    human in conversation‚ he propositioned‚ then it would have reached an important landmark. What’s more‚ the Turing Test has been referenced many times in popular-culture portrayals of robots and artificial life – perhaps most notably inspiring the polygraph-like Voight-Kampff in the movie Blade Runner. It was also widely used in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina. An article on BBC explains that more often than not‚ these fictitious illustrations falsify the Turing Test‚ turning it into a measure of whether

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    Becoming a Police Officer \Protect and serve. These two words may be simple to any regular citizen. However‚ they are everything to any police officer. The honorable career of law enforcement is not always an easy one to enter. There are requirements in order to be recruited and employed by any policing agency. In addition to the highly competitive and rigorous application process to become selected as an officer of the law‚ there are training programs‚ continued education programs‚ and other

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    Applied psychology to the justice system in 1916 by Binet’s work and developing the Stanford-Binet test‚ which assesses job candidates for positions in law enforcement. Research conducted by William Marston in 1917 led to the development of the polygraph. Marston found there was a strong correlation between systolic blood pressure and whether someone was lying. In 1923‚ Marston testified in the case Frye v. United States that his testimony set the precedent for use of expert witnesses in court cases

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    The History of Forensic Science Law Enforcement has used forensic science 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.

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    Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong In Brandon L. Garrett’s book‚ Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong‚ he makes it very clear how wrongful convictions occur and how these people have spent many years in prison for crimes they never committed. Garrett presents 250 cases of innocent people who were convicted wrongfully because the prosecutors opposed testing the DNA of those convicted. Garrett provided simple statistics such as graphs‚ percentages

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    2012-2013 Entry-Level Analyst Hiring Projections for the U.S. Intelligence Community Gregory Marchwinski‚ Analyst Institute of Intelligence Studies at Mercyhurst University IISMU: Entry-Level Analyst Hiring Projections for the U.S. I.C.‚ 2012-2013 US Intelligence Community Entry-Level Analyst Hiring Likely Reduced Over Next 12 Months; Cyber Intelligence Prospects Still High Executive Summary Due to uncertainty over federal government deficit reduction initiatives and a decreasing military

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    New York State Department of Civil Service Committed to Innovation‚ Quality‚ and Excellence A Guide to the Written Test for the Forest Ranger 1 Series Andrew M. Cuomo Governor INTRODUCTION The New York State Department of Civil Service has developed this test guide to familiarize you with the Forest Ranger 1 written test. This test guide provides a general description of the subject areas to be tested and an explanation of the different types of questions that will be presented. The examination

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    Chapter 6: Motivation and Emotion 1. What is Motivation a. Motivation – A physiological and psychological factors that account for the arousal (energizing)‚ direction‚ and persistence of behavior. i. Motivation is a hypothetical state 2. Theories of Motivation b. Biological Theories ii. Instincts – Unlearned species-specific behaviors that are more complex than reflexes and triggered by environmental events called releasing stimuli iii. Ethology

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    Constitutional Law

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    1-What role do aggravating and mitigating factors play in deciding whether to sentence a convicted defendant to death? Aggravating and Mitigating factors play a huge role in determining whether a defendant should get the death penalty. The aggravating factors are generally the most gruesome facts of the case and are more likely to sway a jury towars the death penalty. These factors make the defendant out to be a monster while the Mitigating factors cause more sympathy. When a

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