Forensics Standards
- Explain career opportunities in forensic and criminal investigations.
- Identify safety precautions for forensic and criminal investigators.
- Describe the history of forensic science.
- Explain criminal investigation procedures, including purpose and types.
- Describe responsibilities of various personnel involved in crime scene investigations.
- Explain ways to collect and preserve evidence from a crime scene.
- Describe presumptive and confirmatory forensic tests.
- Describe the importance of genetic information to forensics.
- Describe the decomposition process.
- Identify the importance of skeletal remains in forensics.
- Describe general categories of drugs and poisons, including their effects on humans.
- Explain fingerprinting methods and identification techniques.
- Distinguish between class and individual characteristics of firearms.
- Use laws of physics to explain forensic evidence.
- Describe techniques used to determine the validity of forensic documents.
Test Replacement
The following can be used at any time during the semester, but only 1 time. Once you have used the following option to replace a test grade, you may not use it again. All papers must be in 12 point font, Times New Roman, and double spaced.
- Write a 4 page critique on the OJ Simpson case. Describe what happened, what went wrong, what could have been done to prevent any mishaps and whether you think OJ is guilty or not. Explain your answer with valid facts and sound reasoning. You must include at least 5 references in APA style. The references do no count towards your page count and should be on a separate sheet.
- Write a 4 page paper critiquing the case of Steven Avery, a case made famous by the Netflix original show 'How to Make a Murderer". Describe the case, and what went wrong. Explain why he was imprisoned, then released and then imprisoned again. Using evidence, explain whether he should be considered guilty or not. You must include at least 5 references in APA style. The references do no count towards your page count and should be on a separate sheet.
- Write a 4 page paper describing four major inventions/innovations in the forensics world and their impact on society, forensics, suspects/criminals and law enforcement. You must include at least 5 references in APA style. The references do no count towards your page count and should be on a separate sheet.