Eyewitness identification

legal measure to prevent illegal voting. There are several different forms of identification. According to Vote Texas, Texans can used their “driver license, election identification certificate, personal identification card, license to carry a handgun, military identification card containing the person’s photo, citizenship certificate with photo, and United States passport”. If someone does not have a photo identification card, they can use a “valid voter registration certificate, an original…

Should the security of our nation outweigh individual freedoms? America wants to use all of its resources to help fight the war on terror, and has all rights to do so. The security of our nation being a issue because our leaders want to keep america safe and free from foreign invasion. Because of the 9/11 attacks on american soil, we have taken all measures to prevent another incident from occurring by using simple, accessible powers the government has. The government wants to closely watch…

Protecting the integrity of crime scene investigations is of the utmost importance to investigators, courts, potential suspects, and those impacted by the crime itself. There are many components of crime scene investigation and each is critical to ensuring accurate evidence is gathered from the scene. This paper will discuss the steps in the crime scene investigation process, the different types of investigations for different types of crimes, and finally see the process in action in the form of…

Argument for National ID’s A national identification card can be applied to confirm a person’s identity. While it is argued that its primary purpose is to identify an individual, the national identification cards can also be used for the security and Medical purposes in a variety of sectors in the country, including, transportation, business, and education fields. “The supporters of a national identification card argue that it could assist in preventing terrorists while getting hold of the…

Identity theft is a problem that is effecting more and more people every year, a report released by Michael Keenan shows that an average Australian household is 16 times more likely to be effected by identity fraud then it is to be effected by a robbery, this same report also indicates that people are becoming less concerned about identity crime, however with fraud incidents increasing by 30,000 from 2014 to 2015 and misuse of identity increasing by almost 20,000 from 2014 to 2015 it is best to…

Microchips are smaller than regular sized chips and typically can do the same amount of work, if not more. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a regular chip is “a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit.” (dictionary) Although microchips seem like a better way to go, there are a few minor complications in this idea, such as the complexity of the circuits, the cost of the materials to make produce it and the function that is required of this…

It is irresponsible to go abroad without proper planning. The world is a smaller place, and there are plenty of places where you can go and be safe and secure as you explore, but to go and hope for the best is not good enough. You need a plan for things such as medical care, money problems, bank trouble, and backup plans for your return trip. Use some of the advice on this article to make up your plan. Have Numerous Money Backup Plans Online banking means you can move money around very easily…

Fingerprints have been widely used throughout the world as means of identification for forensic purposes. Forensic experts have extensively relied on premises that fingerprint characteristics are highly discriminatory and immutable amongst the general population (Haber and Haber, 2008). Fingerprint formation is induced by the stresses and strains experienced by the fetus in utero, which are random and infinite, it is likely that they subsequently produce a random, infinite variety of friction…

has seen Windows 10 and the new iPhone 6s+, but not many people have noticed the small and silent but (metaphorically) deadly technological “predators” that are spreading quickly throughout humanity: RFID chips. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is a small piece of equipment that utilizes electromagnetic fields to transfer data between the chip and a receiving device. General RFID chips are a breach of personal privacy and should not be used in any circumstance that involves…

Privacy has been a big concern of citizens interested in nanotechnology. The biggest component of the privacy breach is radio frequency identification chips called RFID. This technology is essentially the remote recognition of objects. With RFID, there has been concern that our privacy could potentially be breached by stores and companies by means of item-level tagging. Essentially, item-level…