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CRJ 311 Entire Course (Ash)     FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.crj311nerd.com 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
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CRJ 311 Week 1 Assignment The CSI Effect
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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.  
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CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Peer Review (Ash)     FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com 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.  
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CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Your First Scene
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m 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
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CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert!
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m CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert!
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CRJ 311 Week 2 Assignment Conducting Your Own
Field Sobriety Test (Ash)     FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.crj311nerd.com 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.
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CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 1 Drugs and Scheduling (Ash)
  FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com 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.  
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CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 2 Field Sobriety Tests
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m 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 sobriety tests on the driver. One of the
most familiar sobriety tests is the walk and turn
test. Do you think this is an effective way to
judge whether a person has been drinking? Why or
why not? Inventory the benefits and drawbacks.
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CRJ 311 Week 2 Journal SANE or Not (Ash)   FOR
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Week 2 Journal SANE or Not
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CRJ 311 Week 3 Assignment Case Study Analysis The
Enrique Camarena Case (Ash)     FOR MORE CLASSES
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Enrique Camarena Case   Read The Enrique
Camarena Case A Forensic Nightmare.
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CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 1 Hair Evidence (Ash)     FOR
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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 might you defend your trace
evidence?
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CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 2 Arson Dogs (Ash)     FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com 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.   Do you think arson dogs come up with
better results than a chemical sniffer? Why or
why not? Provide evidence to support your opinion.
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CRJ 311 Week 3 Journal Professional Painter
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m Professional Painter   Oftentimes, 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.
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CRJ 311 Week 4 Assignment What's Your Impression
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m Whats Your Impression?     This assignment
will give you the opportunity to create and
evaluate your own impression evidence. As you
have read in your textbook, pattern evidence is,
for the most part, examined by the naked eye.
Select one of the following learning activities
on which to base this assignment.
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CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 1 Bite Mark Evidence (Ash)
  FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com 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).
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CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 2 Fingerprint Evidence
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m 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.  
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CRJ 311 Week 4 Journal Cold Case Investigation
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m 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 make up to meet those
requirements as you consider a career in the
forensic science field?
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CRJ 311 Week 5 DQ 1 Blood Patterns (Ash)     FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com Read An
Illustrative Homicide Case Involving Blood
Patterns in your text, and review the included
photos of evidence.   Looking at the bloodstain
patterns on the husbands clothing, and
considering what you have learned about
bloodstain patterns, are the patterns consistent
with his story? If you do not think they are, why
not? If your opinion is one that believes they
add credibility to his story, document your
reasoning based on the evidence.
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CRJ 311 Week 5 DQ 2 DNA Evidence (Ash)     FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com 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 DNA exonerated a person previously
convicted of a crime and identify those areas you
have discussed above.
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CRJ 311 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash)   FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.crj311nerd.com Final Paper   In
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 AE
Television Networks. Available from the Films On
Demand database.
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CRJ 311 Week 5 Journal Cold Case Investigation
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m Cold Case Investigation   You 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,
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