...Crime Scene Reconstruction Devry University Kemisha Askew October 20, 2012 The topic I am writing about is Crime Scene Reconstruction. Crime Scene Reconstruction is the use of scientific methods, physical evidence, deductive reasoning and their interrelationships to gain explicit knowledge of the series of events that surround the commission of a crime. Crime Scene Reconstruction looks at the physical evidence and attempts to determine “What Happened? And how did it happen?” The reason why I have selected this topic is because I find it intriguing how physical evidence is broken down, evaluated, and reconstructed to actual tell how a crime occurred and what happened in the process. There are many television shows I watch daily that portray the crime scene investigation process in a certain light this is another reason why I chose this topic. I’d like to find out firsthand what actually goes on in the reconstruction process versus fictional exploitations of it on television. Crime Scene Reconstruction looks at the physical evidence and attempts to determine “What Happened? And how did it happen?” A similar method that is used is Criminal Profiling. Criminal Profiling is the application of psychological theory to the analysis and reconstruction of the forensic evidence that relates to an offender’s crime scenes, victims and behaviours. Crime Scene Reconstruction is the use of scientific methods, physical evidence, deductive reasoning and their interrelationships to...
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...‘The Slaves went free and stood for a brief moment in the sun’ Du Bois; How valid is this view? In 1865 reconstruction begun with the aim of securing racial equality between blacks and whites in the southern states. Du Bois believes that during this period blacks ‘stood for a brief moment in the sun’. There were significant improvements to black lies that took place during this period such as their freedom of movement, re-unification of family units and improvements in education. However reconstruction also failed to secure racial equality in many ways. Black people were still economically deprived and there was no real political equality as most black people were prevented form voting in the south and most had to live with the threat of white supremacy groups such as the KKK. One of the most important benefits of the reconstruction for blacks was the freedom of movement. This meant Blacks could now move to find new work opportunities or to take advantage of new land in the west. Between 1865 and 1870 the black population of the South’s 10 largest cities doubled. Black people could now own their own property and choose their employment. One of the most significant impacts of this new freedom was the re-unification of many black families. Blacks could now move and find lost relations such as siblings and children who had been sold on to new owners during slavery, by 1900 80% of black families were strong family units. This freedom of movement meant blacks could now attempt to...
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...* 1. Some historians argue that Radical Reconstruction was not radical enough. After studying the events of the late 19th century, defend whether or not you agree with this position. What are the long-term implications? * * From what I have learned from this class already this week is that the Radical Reconstruction was not as radical as it should have been. If President Lincoln would have lived longer after the Civil War the Reconstruction of the south Might have been handled better due to the fact that Lincoln could have handed it better than those that succeed him. With the intent of the Radical Reconstruction being to change the culture and in essence make the southern culture more like that of the culture of the north. The constant bickering between the different branches of our government at that time did not make the reconstruction as successful as it could have been. If the government would have used the same force in the enforcement of their laws as was done during the Civil War. The Reconstruction if it would have been true radical could have affected the south in two different ways one being a second uprising from the south which could have separated the United States permanently. Or the other way it could have gone as a situation where the entire country was under martial law and military control. The country could have easily fell into two different countries with the amount of differences that were had between the north and south, although it if would...
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...The Reconstruction IB History of the Americas HL November 10, 2014 The Reconstruction from 1865—1877 would prove to be, in many ways, more difficult than the war itself, despite the victory of the Northern States. Furthermore, many questions began to arise regarding post-war reparations. Because there were so many different views of how the Reconstruction was to be accomplished there was tremendous conflict. After four years of war, despite defeat, some of the southerners remained defiant in returning to the Union. In addition, the roles of liberated blacks were also in question. Although there was conflict, the Reconstruction fulfilled its aims to the extent of granting freedom to liberated blacks, restoring the southern states to the Union and reestablishing their political structure, and the establishment of civil rights for liberated blacks. This was executed through the Presidential, Congressional and Military Reconstructions. To begin, the Presidential Reconstruction was the beginning of defining the voice of freedom for liberated blacks after the civil war. Furthermore, the Presidential Reconstruction began the upstart of a political war as principal Reconstruction proposals and plans were beginning to be implemented in order reform the Union. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln introduces his “10 percent” Reconstruction Plan. Although it is eventually replaced by Andrew Johnson’s own Reconstruction proclamation in 1865, it proposed that a state could be readmitted into...
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...Reconstruction and the West After the Civil War in the south, the south met many new challenges. The south needed to reinvent its economic, political and cultural environment. In November 1868 Ulysses S. Grant was elected president. Grant would not have won the election without the votes of former slaves who were given the right to vote post- Civil War. Congress passed the 14th and 15th Amendments to protect the rights of all people if born a naturalized citizen to have equal protection of the laws, and the freedom to vote regardless of race in the United States. Congress Reconstruction plan dramatically changed politics in the south (Reconstruction, 2013). Congress provided many programs, such as social services for the people of the south. They opened hospitals, schools, and assisted with the railroad expansion, allowing Blacks to take part in these government programs. The government also improved the lights and telephones systems also the sewer systems. Many industrial jobs became available in the south. Textile, iron, steel, southern coal, oil, and timber industry are just some of the industrial jobs created for the south to assist with reconstruction efforts. The government created new programs in the south the only problem...
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...History 110 / Midterm Study Guide During this part of the course we address several different themes that shaped modern America. The first is the importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in setting the stage for the great industrial growth and development in the late 19th century. The second theme is the impact of industrialization in late 19th century America--economically, politically, socially, and culturally. A third theme centered on the emergence of an aggressive America foreign policy that in general sought to export American values and ideas so as to bring order to the international scene. The fourth major theme is the rise of progressivism in the first two decades of this century. Like the unions and Populists before them, the Progressives responded to the tremendous impact of industrialization and corporate capitalism on American society, however with much more success. A fifth theme centers on the American entrance into World War I and the war's impact on American society and politics. A sixth theme is the conflict over values and power in American society. Different groups (African-Americans, KKK, nativist/anti-immigrant, socialists, women, etc) with their own unique visions of what American society should be came into conflict over whose vision should predominate. A final theme is emergence of a powerful, welfare state in the form of the New Deal which finally addressed in a large-scale and systematic effort the negative consequences inherent in capitalism...
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...The Reconstruction era was an era that started after the civil war. During the era 3 more amendment was created to give african american more civil rights. 13 was created to abolish slavery; 14 was to give them voting right and 15 was created to give people who were born here citizenship, but not people agreed with these now law. The Trail of James Byrd was about a white man dragged a black man to his death attached to the car. The white man thought that the laws were going to be as the 18s about slavery and were not going to search him for the death crime that he committed. The man got arrested, the judge found him guilty and the KKK member was sent to death penalty. Beside that some racial issue we experience today is that police officers...
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...Lincoln’s assassination is significant in U.S. history because of how it was done, his accomplishments as president, and the impact of his death on the US. John Wilkes Booth had originally planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln in order to continue the exchange of prisoners between the North and the South. Booth had acquired the help of Samuel Arnold, George Atzerodt, David Herold, Michael O’Laughlen, Lewis Powell, and John Surratt to help him kidnap Lincoln. They had planned to do this on March 17, 1865 while Lincoln was riding home from the play, Still Waters Run Deep. The president did not go to the play that night and instead went to a ceremony where a captured confederate flag was being presented to Governor Oliver Morton. The morning of Lincoln’s assassination,...
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...first set foot upon the Japanese isle. Defensively we share the same goals and have worked cooperatively through several major conflicts. This was not always the case, prior to World War two the Japanese and United States’ relationship was very tumultuous. Admiral Perry took a very exploitive stance toward establishing foreign relations with the island nation and it left a lasting impression upon the Japanese. World War II brought saw the ultimate conflict between the two nations which left Japan devastated from both the aftermath of brutal fighting in the Pacific and the use of the atomic bomb on their homeland. How did Japan rebound from such a crippling defeat in the Second World War and how is it that we now enjoy such close ties, especially being from two opposing cultural styles? The United States took a front and center seat to Japan’s reconstruction after the war and it is a combination of both our help and the Japanese people’s remarkable character that facilitated such a miraculous rebirth; also forever tying our two nations together in the bonds of cooperation. “It’s resurgence was due to a legacy of past accomplishments, an indomitable determination to succeed in the quest for modernity, prodigious amounts of hard work, generally shrewd planning, and occasional injections of unanticipated stimulation, or what economists prefer to think of as exogenous events”(McClain 2002). Japan’s post war miracle recovery was the direct result of combined American/Japanese...
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...The reconstruction period after the Civil War was difficult for everyone. However, the hardships that African American people faced during this time were more challenging. Through reading chapters from my text book and doing further research on this topic, I was able to gain better knowledge and information on the transformation of the south and freed slaves after the war was concluded. The people were set in their habitual thinking patterns and it was hard for most to accept the major changes at hand. Some people just refused to change altogether and made it very uncomfortable for freed people to live in peace. Because slavery and inequality had been the lifestyle of Americans for so long, the new free fate of African Americans made ex-Confederates...
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...Research Papers Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. Hoover is considered as a very intelligent and successful man, people know from his brilliant mining engineer career, in the same for his successful work in government when he served as a secretary. However, if someone asked “Did hover as a president accomplished anything to save American’s economy during the Great Depression?” Then the argument automatically begins, because Hoover’s incapable of action during the Great Depression was acknowledged by many. Therefore, people asked why these acts signed by Hoover, such an intelligent man were all futile during the great depression? In a manner way to say, its interesting was also shown...
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...What Effect Did Abraham’s Assassination Have? Assassination Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States on November 6, 1860. Lincoln was assassinated April 15, 1865. Lincoln’s assassination effected the country a great deal. Lincoln was elected into office at the brink of the civil war. He was blamed for everything that went wrong in the country. Southerners hated him because he was trying to get rid of slavery. This was the only way they knew how to live. After all slavery was around for 400+ years. Some of them were more mad then others. John Wilkes Booth was the one angry enough to kill him. Abraham Lincoln is one of the most significant men to have served as the president of the United States of America. While president the United States was divided into two sections, the Confederated States (southern) and United States (northern). The Country was at the brink of the civil war. Lincoln did not support the confederate states because he did not believe in slavery. Abraham eventually united the country at the end of the civil war. Lincoln is mostly known for signing the emancipation proclamation. Which eventually lead to the freedom of slaves. His speech the Gettysburg Address still has an...
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...The end of the Civil War presented a unique crossroads for the war torn United States. How would the North and South reunite? At the helm, there was a moderate politician and a reflective thinker – President Abraham Lincoln. One of the greatest statesmen of all time, Lincoln advocated a lenient stance, envisioning a “restoration” whereby the southern states would pledge allegiance and reenter the Union under the Constitution. Lincoln proved to be a great negotiator and worked successfully during the war to join opposing sides to unite behind the Emancipation Proclamation and passage of the 13th Amendment. Lincoln appealed to the common man and was revered by many of his era. One of his greatest admirers was poet Walt Whitman who penned his famous poem “Captain, My Captain” as a tribute to Lincoln and, according to Reynolds in Lincoln and Whitman, called Lincoln “the greatest, best, most characteristic,...
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...Both the readings of Black Reconstruction and the Racial Wage and A People’s History of the United States assert that oppression is rooted in one group of people persecuting or unjustly controlling another group of people in order to exploit wealth. The oppression of a group of people for a prolonged period of time is manifested in two methods, the first being the degrading or dehumanizing of those being oppressed and the second being that the oppressors restrict as well as infringes rigid laws on the oppressed. Both readings also reveal that those being oppressed, in some cases, are unaware of the unjust treatment that they are enduring, and they are thus unable to acknowledge that their experience is not merely a condition, but rather an...
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...the major ones being the period of reconstruction, Civil Rights Movement, the great depression and the World wars I and II. The aim of this paper is to compare the views of America a Narrative History 9th edition by George Brown Tindall and those of America Compared 2nd edition by Carl J. Guarneri. According to the two authors the history of United States since 1965 somehow differs. According to (Tindall, George Brown, and David, 196), the period of reconstruction, lasting from 1865 to 1876 was a period when the nation tried to restructure itself and incorporate the southern states which became part of the union. The freed men from the South had found themselves with no system to control them in their lives. So they had to look for a way to incorporate them in a still society that was biased against them. The reconstruction dealt with the transformation of southern states. During this period, a little social or political agreement was available on issues such as who was supposed to vote and how the southern states were going to rebuild themselves after the destruction of their centers and losing slave labor. The reconstruction was enabled by presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson who tried to make the south come back to normal. Even though the reconstruction was seen as a significant chapter in History, it is also considered as a failure because became poor (Tindall, George Brown, and David, 200). The reconstruction process was made...
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