COURSE CODE – OSC532(V1.0) UNIT 5 – EVIDENCE HANDLING zoe wRIGHT UNIT 5 – EVIDENCE HANDLING zoe wRIGHT 2015 2015 Introduction This unit will be discussing the various packaging techniques in handling evidence taken away from crime scenes with the most appropriate ones being considered for each type of evidence found. It will be discussed having the implications of poor packaging and the results which lead to contamination of all evidence if not packaged properly and the outcome
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work] | Forensic scientists do much more than process, analyze and compare evidence. The scientist must be qualified as an expert witness. Your individual work will explore the question, "What is an expert witness?" | The Supreme Court in the 1960’s wanted police to place a greater need on finding evidence that was scientifically evaluated. This led to a growth in the forensic laboratory department. Drug abuse and DNA profiling are also a reason the growth has happened. While the growth of
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examine the situation and how to process the crime scene. There are steps we must take in solving the burglary and how it happened. In burglaries that occur we must find ways to see things form the view of the police and how they process the evidence. The evidence in a burglary varies do to what was taken or damaged in the process of the burglary. We must see things from the eyes of the police and try to help them in the best way we can with whatever information we have about a burglary that took place
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Actions “Just Lather, That’s All” and “The Fifty-First Dragon” 1Actions can often portray a person’s needs, wants, and hopes. 2“Just Lather, That’s All” by Hernando Tellez and “The Fifty-First Dragon” by Christopher Morley are two stories that convey that the two protagonist’s actions display how they feel. 3Both stories prove how their actions reveal what is on their minds, even though their situations are completely divergent. 4Allthough each of these short stories speak about the actions
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Jamestown, a Comparison of Accounts As I compare the account of the settling of Jamestown as written in Chapter three of the textbook to Jeffery L. Sheler’s account in the Smithsonian Magazine, I will show how they are alike and how they differ. Both are in agreement that the settlers suffered from diseases, drought, and starvation, as well as attacks from the Native Americans. When the settlers first landed, they were in awe of the garden paradise, the fresh streams, and the stately trees
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| To: | Ray Gritsch, Piper Industries Corporation | From: Date: | 12/13/2015 | Re: | Project recommendation | Comments: | In determining the best project to pursue for completion, I recommend the Palomino project. This project was selected because unlike the Juniper and Stargazer, and after preforming a feasibility study, it appeared to be the most viable and offered more of a return than the others. When comparing the project to its competitors, it was quite evident the project represents
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Imagine: you’re a part of the jury in a court-case involving the accusation of a man murdering his own father. What is the first thing one would look at to prove the case guilty or not guilty? Starting at the very basics, evidence is by far the most important attribute of a case. Evidence of motives, intentions, actions, confessions and other vocalizations hold the most effective and win-worthy arguments. These components are like a concoction, with the right amount of each, it creates the perfect argument
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The evidence found at the crime scene could have proven to be very valuable and useful but it is unfortunate that a majority of the evidence either wasn’t identified or was contaminated. Due to the wrongful classification of the crime scene, the officers didn’t know enough to implement proper crime scene protocols. One of the biggest issues of the case was not properly securing the crime scene. Family and friends of the Ramsey’s came and went in the house as they wished; unaware JonBenét was in
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1. What happened in the investigation of the Madrid bombings with the fingerprint evidence? The investigation in the Madrid bombings with the fingerprint evidence was based off of ineffective practices. The fingerprint examiner that led them to a match in Portland, Oregon believed it to be a man names Brandon Mayfield. In addition four other examiners agreed that he was the criminal. However, before he could stand before the judge, the spanish police using video surveillance identified the correct
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The last episode of Serial, “What We Know,” reviewed most of the evidence found during the re-investigation of the murder of Hae Min Lee. The state’s stance on the case was against Adnan Syed, who was accused of killing Hae, his ex-girlfriend. They presented him as a possessive, jealous ex-boyfriend who could not stand that Hae dated someone else shortly after their breakup. However, after discovering conflicting information within Jay’s stories, recent connections to another serial killer, and the
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