Week 12 Individual Work Tawatha Phillips Everest University CJE 1600 Criminal Investigations Professor Stevie Hayes January 12‚ 2013 Why is non-verbal communication important when testifying before a jury‚ and what suggestions do you have for helping a testifying officer make a positive impression on a jury? Jurors are selected by the judge‚ prosecution and the defending attorney. The judge will provide the list of potential jurors to both the prosecution and the defending attorney for
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the American Criminal Justice System. Law Enforcement‚ District Attorneys‚ Defense Attorneys‚ Criminal Court and Family Court all work with DNA on a daily basis. DNA that can be utilized in a criminal investigation may be collected from a crime scene in many different forms: skin tissue‚ hair‚ blood‚ semen‚ saliva‚ vaginal fluid‚ anything that may be collected from a human that may contain cells can be utilized and tested for DNA. DNA testing is the most accurate form of scientific evidence available
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Criminal Investigation The Criminal Procedure and Investigation Principles of Investigation Shawntee Allen Liberty University Online CJUS 420 Professor Ryan Zuidema May 6‚ 2013 1 An individual studying in criminal investigation needs to know and understand the four main principles dealing with Criminal Investigation. Knowing when and how to apply the principles is also
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Strayer University CRJ 320 Criminal Investigation Professor: Elaine Wilson The importance and legal uses of DNA evidence in Criminal Investigations Tasha L. Thomas 4/21/2013 Once a crime is committed law enforcement officers are dispatched to the scene and a criminal investigation begins immediately. The first responder to the scene begins to taper off the area and assures that nothing is touched or risk of contamination of evidence occurs‚ while waiting on the
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Lab RepoRt assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor. obseRvations
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Number: Course Title: Criminal Investigation Unit Number: Unit 3 2. What are the similarities and differences between an arson investigation and a bombing investigation? Arson is the intentionally setting of fires to property‚ persons‚ and vehicles. Bombing can be defined as the offense of using a projectile‚ or explosive weapon to cause alarm‚ panic‚ danger‚ or death. There are many similarities and differences between the investigation of a bombing and the investigation of arson. The similarities
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STEPS IN OPENING MS POWER POINT PRESENTATOIN Step 1 Open Microsoft PowerPoint by going to the "Start" menu and choosing the "Microsoft Office" option. Choose "Microsoft Office PowerPoint" from the drop-down box. This will open the program and a new presentation will automatically be populated. There are a few different ways of opening a presentation. If the presentation is saved on your computer‚ it can be opened from this screen. Step 2 Open the presentation by clicking "File" on the top toolbar
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T DNA IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 5Transportation and storage of DNA evidence is also extremely important. Whentransporting DNA evidence the officer should be aware that having the evidence in directsunlight can cause the evidence to become compromised (DNA Evidence‚ 2012). The officershould ensure that they do not place the evidence in an environment where it can get hot‚ insteadthey should place it in a cold environment to preserve it (DNA Evidence‚ 2012). It is importantthat the DNA evidence be
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* Old age Suicide Murder Murder Classifications * First degree * Second degree Manslaughter * Voluntary * -------> unintentional shooting * Involuntary * -------> reckless behavior Non criminal homicides * Not in UCR ( not crimes) * Excusable * -------> mistake * Justifiable * -------> self defense Suicide * Suicide by police * Autoerotic asphyxiation is not suicide * -------> accidental
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progress)? The initial stage of investigating a burglary include controlling the scene and determining if the entry was forced or unforced as well as what entry and exit points were utilized by the criminal. Next‚ the investigator will need to be very observant to possible tools and fingerprints that the criminal may have left behind that can contain DNA evidence. After these steps are completed‚ the investigator will need to package the items in an appropriate fashion for the laboratory. Further‚ the
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