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2. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • CRJ 311 Week 1 Assignment The CSI Effect • CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Peer Review • CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Your First Scene • Read “Fact or Fiction?; The Jury is Still Out on the CSI Effect; A TV-Insprired Interest in Forensics Has Left the Courtroom Vulnerable to Junk Science,” which is located in the ProQuest database in the Ashford Online Library. CRJ 311 Entire Course (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 1 Assignment The CSI Effect (Ash)

3. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • Do you see value in the peer review process, as outlined in Chapter 1 of your text? Between the New England Journal of Medicine, your local newspaper, and a television news report, which do you believe is a more credible source? Why? Explain your method of evaluation in determining if a source is reliable. • Your First Scene • You are the lead investigator of a small agency, which means your forensic lab is limited. You are called to a report of a decomposed body. Your scene is a decaying body lying in the shrub along a busy freeway. What are your steps in securing the scene and evidence? What steps will you take to correctly process this scene? Include and specifically address the following: CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Peer Review (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Your First Scene (Ash)

4. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert! • This assignment will give you the opportunity to conduct your own field sobriety tests. As outlined in your text, there are three standardized tests used by an officer to determine if a suspect is impaired. Select one of the following learning activities on which to base this assignment. • Conduct the three field sobriety tests. If you are able, use a camera CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert! (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 2 Assignment Conducting Your Own

5. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • Some stimulants can be used in the treatment of hyperactive disorders, which can lead to abuse. Do you think more scheduling is necessary to prevent this? If so, what type of criteria should be included? Argue your opinion as to why the above listed criteria need to be included. If not, argue your reasons for leaving the scheduling as it is. • An officer responds to an accident in which a vehicle has crashed into a parked car. The driver seems to have the odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath but does not exhibit any other signs of impairment. The officer conducts several field CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 1 Drugs and Scheduling (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 2 Field Sobriety Tests (Ash)

6. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • CRJ 311 Week 2 Journal SANE or Not • Case Study Analysis: The Enrique Camarena CaseRead “The Enrique Camarena Case – A Forensic Nightmare.” CRJ 311 Week 2 Journal SANE or Not (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 3 Assignment Case Study Analysis (Ash)

7. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • After watching “She Was Never in My Car,” discuss the scenario below.You are given the black hairs collected from the car seat of the possible suspect in this case. These hairs could be human or animal. How would you go about analyzing and comparing these samples? In court, the Defense challenges your findings in this case as circumstantial. How • Arson dogs are useful tools for finding accelerants in locations where human investigators cannot. Some believe that arson dogs and their indication of possible accelerant residue should not be used as evidence in court. CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 1 Hair Evidence (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 2 Arson Dogs (Ash)

8. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • Professional PainterOftentimes, paint and fiber evidence is overshadowed by the more glamorous DNA evidence in cases today. Paint and fiber evidence is sometimes discounted as being mediocre evidence, at best, by jurors. With your newfound knowledge of how important this type of evidence can be in criminal cases, take a moment to reflect on how your opinion of this evidence might have changed. • What’s Your Impression?This assignment will give you the opportunity CRJ 311 Week 3 Journal Professional Painter (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 4 Assignment What's Your Impression (Ash)

9. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • Bite marks are no longer considered a way to specifically identify someone, but it can be used to exclude or include a person of interest. As a juror on a homicide case, you have heard an odonotologist discuss the bite mark evidence located on the victim and how the suspect cannot be excluded as to whom the bite mark belongs. Review the bite mark photo (below). • Thanks to Hollywood, firearms and the forensic information associate with them has been portrayed as the key piece of evidence in many “case.” Fingerprinting is oftentimes overshadowed. Your goal is to argue the importance of fingerprinting in our cases. Discuss three specific points why fingerprint evidence is crucial to our investigation. CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 1 Bite Mark Evidence (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 2 Fingerprint Evidence (Ash)

10. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • Do You Have What It Takes?This week, you are to reflect on what you believe are the personal traits of a forensic scientists and if you have the same traits. What might you have to overcome in your personal • Read “An Illustrative Homicide Case Involving Blood Patterns” in your text, and review the included photos of evidence. CRJ 311 Week 4 Journal Cold Case Investigation (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 5 DQ 1 Blood Patterns (Ash)

11. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • Detail how DNA is used in criminal investigations today. What is the current impact of DNA testing on the criminal justice system, and how has DNA revolutionized this system?For students whose last name ends with A-L, include one case study of how • Final PaperIn order to complete the Final Paper, watch one of the following videos: • Santy, C. (Director). (2007). Welcome to homicide [Television series episode]. In J. Brenkus& M. Stern (Executive producers], Crime 360. New York, NY: A&E Television CRJ 311 Week 5 DQ 2 DNA Evidence (Ash) CRJ 311 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash)

12. CRJ 311 ASH professional tutor • Cold Case InvestigationYou have all heard of cold case investigative units and what they do. You are now a member of your local cold case unit. As they are responsible for reviewing an old, unsolved case, you will be required to review the facts and evidence CRJ 311 Week 5 Journal Cold Case Investigation (Ash)

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