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CRJ 311 Week 1 Assignment The CSI Effect
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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 CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're
an Expert! CRJ 311 Week 2 Assignment Conducting
Your Own Field Sobriety Test CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ
1 Drugs and Scheduling
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.   What is
the CSI Effect, and do you believe it is a
legitimate concern?   In your paper, address the
following Summarize the CSI Effect and evaluate
if it is a legitimate concern.
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CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Your First Scene
CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Peer Review
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.  
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 How to
thoroughly record a crime scene including
searching the scene Packaging physical evidence
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CRJ 311 Week 2 Assignment Conducting Your Own
Field Sobriety Test
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 to
record yourself conducting the tests. Evaluate
your ability to perform the tests and any issues
you feel these tests might provide in determining
if someone is under the influence.
CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert!
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CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 2 Field Sobriety Tests
CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 1 Drugs and Scheduling
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 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 3 Assignment Case Study Analysis The
Enrique Camarena Case
CRJ 311 Week 2 Journal SANE or Not
Case Study Analysis The Enrique Camarena
Case   Read The Enrique Camarena Case A
Forensic Nightmare.   Please address the
following in detail Catalog the forensic
evidence found in the Camarena Case. Summarize
the steps followed by the crime scene
investigators including the mistakes and/or
correct steps followed to process the scene
through the criminal justice system.
SANE or Not?   You have had an opportunity to
read about sexual assault cases and the Sexual
Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) personnel involved
in these emotional types of cases. SANE personnel
are helping many sexual assault victims through
the judicial process. Reflect on what you think
makes an excellent SANE employee and what
similarities you would bring to the field. What
are some additional qualities you would bring to
this type of forensic case
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CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 2 Arson Dogs
CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 1 Hair Evidence
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.   If your last name begins with A-L,
argue your opinion for allowing arson dog
findings to be entered into court.   If your last
name begins with M-Z, argue your opinion for
preventing arson dog findings to be entered into
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 might you defend your trace
evidence?  
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CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 1 Bite Mark Evidence
CRJ 311 Week 4 Assignment What's Your Impression
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). If your last
name begins with A-L, argue your opinion as to
how the bite mark would possibly exclude the
suspect.
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 Journal Cold Case Investigation
CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 2 Fingerprint Evidence
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.
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 2 DNA Evidence
CRJ 311 Week 5 DQ 1 Blood Patterns
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.
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 Journal Cold Case Investigation
CRJ 311 Week 5 Final Paper
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,
you will be required to review the facts and
evidence associated with the case to specifically
see if there is some sort of forensic technology
that was not available at the time, which you now
have at your disposal. If you were the one
looking into an old case, what would you be
looking for that DNA profiling could be helpful
with? Reflect on how you might feel as the family
member of a loved one whose case has been
unsolved for many years but now has hope for
closure.
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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