Direct examination

Demographic Information For this assignment I watched Still Alice (Glatzer, 2015). This movies main character is Alice who is a linguistic professor at Columbia University. At the begging of the move she is celebrating her 50th birthday. She is married to John and has three adult children Anna, Tom, and Lydia. After having some issues with her memory Alice decides to see a neurologist who tests her cognitive abilities and does scans of her brain. After the test are performed Alice is diagnosed…

In this report I will discuss, analyze, and choose the best graduate school for me based on the final score of criteria ratings per 3 graduate schools of my choice. The purpose of this analysis, is to analyze three companies and evaluate them based on my goals and preferences, to determine which one will be best for me. The graduate schools I chose to analyze are State University of New York, Graduate School of Clemson, and Colorado State University. I chose these schools because they offer my…

Evidence Interpretation Over the years, there have been several cases that have been resolved with a false guilty plea or cases where a guilty party was not convicted of a crime. There are various elements that play a role in solving cases; evidence is a one of these key elements. Many factors can determine if the evidence submitted before a court of law is accurate such as how the evidence is collected, if proper protocell was followed before the laboratory’s handling of the evidence, and if…

ADL’s (Cordell et al., 2013). When performing a mental status examination appearance, behavior, cognition and thought process need to be addressed. Special attention needs to be paid to level of consciousness, orientation and new learning. New learning is assessed with a four word recall test at 5, 10 and 30 minute intervals. Dementia would be a concern if they could only recall one or two words. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) can be used to assess mental status however it is…

doctoral degree of PhD and the Licensed Psychologists (LP/HSPP). Licensed Psychologist (LP) or Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP) has had 4 years of graduate training of any clinical work experience and has also passed the EPPP test that is the Examination for Professional Practice of Psychology. Besides, The Health Service Provider in Psychology, or known as the HSPP is in charge to supervised the practice of LPs. HSPP is an LP who has got an authorization as HSPP and they can engage in the…

Assessment Report: MAST and the Mental Status Examination A counselor that is meeting with a client should consider the use of assessments. Assessments can be an extremely useful tool. However, the counselor should consider the client’s cultural background and how if the assessment is appropriate to use. During an aspiring counselor’s journey in fieldwork, one may have to use assessments that could benefit the client. An aspiring counselor may use an assessment to assist him or her with…

Introduction I am the information security specialist for a company that develops software X. Software X is the leading operating system in mobile devices. Unfortunately, our company believes Mr. McBride, a former employee stole product X source code for financial gain. As such, I have been tasked with leading the forensic investigation in this matter. Analysis Interview During an investigation is imperative that potential witnesses are questioned to gather essential information needed in the…

chain of custody refers to the chronological documentation, that shows the names of the people who have examined or handled the evidence (Saferstein, 2015). According to Saferstein (2015), obeying the standard procedures of evidence treatment and examination, it can promise that the evidence can endure any questioning by the defence in a courtroom. Houck & Siegel (2015) stated that chain of custody is without a doubt, the most important piece of paper generated at a crime scene; they postulated,…

Forensic Sciences: the History, the Advancements, and the Achievements Could you get away with murder? Hundreds of years ago you probably could, but today with all the advancements that have been made in technology and forensic science many of the toughest cases are solved that couldn’t be before. While forensic science might not always be 100% accurate, it has developed a lot since it was first practiced and without using forensic science a lot of crimes would go unsolved. Forensic science…

Forensic Science is the appliance of chemistry to the findings of crime. It includes firearm, forensic psychiatry, questioned document examination, criminal law, identification, photography as well as crime scene processing. They judge things like hair, body fluids, bullets, shoe prints, fingerprints, drugs and plant materials. Their work is not only bound to crimes against somebody, such as homicide, theft, or fraud. Food poisoning, environmental pollution, misuse of unsafe chemicals, and…