In any expository text, it is important to recognize the writer's use of viewpoint, evidence, reasoning, and assumption. This enables readers to understand subtle inferences in the text and draw valid conclusions. However, when drawing conclusions about an expository text, it is most important to first set your own personal views on the subject aside. This is so the reader can avoid tainting the truth that can be found when reading an expository text. In “Using DNA to Solve Property Crimes”,…
A forensic anthropologist is someone who uses their knowledge of human remains (mainly tissue and the skeletal system) to assist in solving crime cases. During the job, a few of the duties that are performed, as stated in Forensicanthropologyschools.net, are…
The top three jobs I chose to research include Forensic Psychologist, Criminalist, and Correctional Counselor. I decided to pick these three since they were on my list of job interests and they seemed interesting enough. Although, surprisingly enough, it was mildly difficult to choose only three. A main problem throughout the world, especially in heavily populated places, is crime. No matter how much people might wish for the planet to be nonviolent and harmonious, crime will not stop or…
take her forensic class she taught there, but I never went back to the career complex. Now I am now attending Delta College to earn my associate degree. After I graduated from Delta I am not sure what college I would like to transfer because I still need to find a college with the program I would like to go into. I would like to attend Wayne State University but if going to a university doesn’t work out I want to take an online course. Not many college besides university’s have the forensic…
Ardently, Criminalist Pete Evett was collecting fiber evidence from the scene of a murder. However, the decisions that Pete Evett will make in his collection process are not the suitable methods that he should utilize to collect the evidence. As Pete enters the crime scene he notices fibers on the victim’s shirt and trousers, and he places both of these items in a plastic bag. Then, he notices fibers on a sheet near the victim and he balls the sheet up and places it in a separate bag. Finally,…
A male forensic scientist just received a call to examine a crime scene with a dead body, possible homicide. At arrival, he discovered variations of individual evidence—some of which included multiple sets of latent fingerprints and a blood spatters—that could lead to a possible suspect or even the culprit responsible. Immediately, the forensic specialist begins to powder, lift, and collect the evidence. Considering the value of the individual evidence found—as D. P. Lyle stated in Forensic for…
Criminal Profiling White Paper Ali Wiethe University of Dayton According to Kocsis (2010), criminal profiling is defined as “A forensic technique which seeks to provide investigative agencies with specific information which will help focus attention to individuals with personality traits that parallel traits of other perpetrators who have committed similar other offenses.” Through this definition, it is believed that profiling will help law enforcement officers pursue and interview suspects,…
The bloody crime scene revealed bloody shoe impressions along the concrete walkway up to the front door of her condo. These shoe impressions were of extremely high quality and of elaborate detail. The news media broadcast countless images of these bloody shoeprints on television, making it obvious to the killer that those shoes would surely link him to the crime. Since the pattern was very clear and distinct with associated toe-to-heel detail, this seemed a simple task at first to…
Fourth Amendment in Relation to Computer and Electronic Evidence The Fourth Amendment was drafted to regulate searches of homes and physical property, and has developed clear rules to regulate entering and retrieving mechanism of traditional physical searches. Computer searches involves lots of magnetized spots on metal disks, transforming those spots into data that is processed and directed to users through monitors. On the other hand, if the police have a warrant, the warrant allows them to…
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…