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CMJ6303 Forensics Intelligence Analysis

Unit 1 Assessment

1.Based on what you have read and studied in this unit, how would you define forensic science in your own words? Why is the analysis of forensic evidence important within law enforcement?

Your response must be at least 200 words in length

2. Briefly discuss the origins of forensic science and the development of crime laboratories in the United States.

Your response must be at least 300 words in length.

 

CMJ6303 Forensics Intelligence Analysis

Unit 2 Assessment

Looking at the image below, taken from page 33 of your textbook, imagine that you are a crime scene investigator and you have just arrived at the crime scene.

Describe the steps you and your fellow investigators would follow when processing the crime scene, collecting and packaging physical evidence, and maintaining the chain of custody.

After the physical evidence is dropped off at the lab, describe the process that is used to analyze the evidence and the process that would be used to reconstruct the crime scene.

Your assignment must be at least two pages in length, and you should at least use your textbook as a reference. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.

 

CMJ6303 Forensics Intelligence Analysis

Unit 3 Assessment

Instructions

You are a detective for the local metro police department. You and your partner have been dispatched to a possible crime scene investigation in which a mother reported that she found her teenage son dead on the floor in his bedroom. Upon walking into the son's bedroom, you notice a large pool of blood on the carpet near the son's head and possible signs of a struggle.

Please respond to the following about this case:

Detail the steps that take place when investigating a death, including how you would confirm or deny that a possible crime may have occurred.

Explain the roles of each individual involved in a death investigation.

Describe how fingerprints found at the death scene could help solve this potential crime.

Determine how biometric data could be used in this case.

Detail the steps that would be followed during the investigation of the son's death. What individuals would be involved in this investigation? What would be their involvement? How is biometric data taken or used in this case?

Your case study must be at least two pages in length, and you should at least use your textbook as a reference. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

 

CMJ6303 Forensics Intelligence Analysis

Unit 4 Assignment  

If you recall from Unit III, the police were called to investigate the scene of a death in which a mother reported that she had found her teenage son dead on the floor in his bedroom. There was a large pool of blood on the carpet near the son's head and possible signs of a struggle. These signs include scratches on the victim's body, torn clothing, clumps of the victim's hair and some unidentified hair on the floor, and a nightstand laying on its side with a broken lamp next to it. In addition, some drug paraphernalia is discovered inside the victim's nightstand.

In this assignment, you will write an essay in which you describe which of the various tools and techniques that we discussed in this unit would be needed to process and analyze the physical evidence found at the scene. Be sure to be very specific about the type of evidence being processed and analyzed and what you may discover about that evidence based on the tools and techniques used. Additionally, you will describe how forensic toxicology would be used in this investigation to discover what drugs might have been in the victim's system at the time of death. You will also describe how this knowledge might be helpful in the investigation.

Your essay must be at least two pages in length, and you should at least use your textbook as a reference. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, and include in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

 

CMJ6303 Forensics Intelligence Analysis

Unit 5 Assignment  

PowerPoint Presentation

Imagine that you are a crime scene investigator, and you have been asked to present at a forensic science conference due to your department's recent success in garnering a murder conviction in a decade-old murder case. In the case, a female body had been dumped at a construction site with signs of sexual assault and strangulation. Unfortunately, at the time that the body was discovered, there were plenty of suspects, but no one could be positively identified as the murderer. Recently, due to new information being uncovered in the case, the evidence—which included paint, metal, and soil samples, DNA evidence taken from the victim and her assailant, and forensic serology evidence—was re-examined, and a positive ID could finally be established. A suspect was then taken into custody and subsequently convicted of the crimes of rape and murder.

In your presentation, you will offer a brief description of the evidence and how it was collected and analyzed as well as how forensic serology and DNA evidence were used to positively identify the individual who was ultimately convicted. Be sure to use speaker notes in your presentation, and keep the text on the slides to a minimum as you would in an actual presentation to a group.

or additional information on how to develop a PowerPoint presentation, please view thetutorialPowerPoint Basics. The transcript for the tutorial can be viewed by clicking on the “Notes” tab in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

Your PowerPoint presentation must be at least 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. You should use at least one resource for your presentation, which can be your textbook. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.

 

CMJ6303 Forensics Intelligence Analysis

Unit 6 Assignment  

Essay

As an expert in fire and explosion investigation, you have been asked to compose an essay in which you explain the factors involved in the forensic investigation of fires and explosions, including how those investigations might be conducted similarly or differently. In your essay, you will also discuss the best and most current methods for collecting and analyzing evidence from a fire or an explosion.

Your essay must be at least two pages in length. You should use at least two resources, one of which should be your textbook and one of which should come from the CSU Online Library. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, and include in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

 

 

 

 

 

CMJ6303 Forensics Intelligence Analysis

Unit 7 Assignment  

Case Study

Using what has been covered throughout the course, select a case study of a criminal trial (within the past 15 years) that was ultimately decided based on forensic evidence (physical or digital). Please include the following information in your case study response.

Summarize the details of the case.

Explain what evidence was found and how that evidence was collected, examined (processed), and assessed by experts. Include information about why the forensic evidence was important in the case and what current trends in forensics were used when collecting and examining the evidence. 

Provide your analysis of the case and what could have been done differently regardless of the outcome (guilty, acquitted, or found innocent).

Below are some recommendations for places to search for cases.

The Forensics Library

Forensic Magazine

You should use at least two resources to develop this case study assignment, one of which can be your textbook. Your case study must be at least three pages in length.

Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.

 

CMJ6303 Forensics Intelligence Analysis

Unit 8 Assignment  

Refection Paper

For this assignment, you will reflect on what you have learned about intelligence analysis and the role it plays in forensics. Imagine that you have chosen to pursue a career as an intelligence analyst. In your paper, you will discuss the role that intelligence analysis plays in the field of criminal justice in general and in forensic science specifically. In addition, you will explain the roles and responsibilities of an intelligence analyst and identify an industry sector in which an intelligence analyst might choose to work and why.

Your reflection paper must be at least one page in length. APA Style is required for this assignment.