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CRJ 311 Entire Course (ASH)

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• CRJ 311 Week 1 Assignment The CSI Effect
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• CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Peer Review
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• CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Your First Scene
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• CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert!
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• CRJ 311 Week 2 Assignment Conducting Your Own
  Field Sobriety Test
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• CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 1 Drugs and Scheduling
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• CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 2 Field Sobriety Tests

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CRJ 311 Week 1 Assignment The CSI Effect (ASH)

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• 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.
• Analyze the impact of the CSI Effect in the
  courtroom.
• Interpret what prosecutors can do to overcome
  this phenomenon.
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CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Peer Review (ASH)

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• 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.

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CRJ 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Your First Scene (ASH)

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• 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
• Maintaining proper chain of custody

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CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert! (ASH)

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• CRJ 311 Week 1 Journal You're an Expert! 

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CRJ 311 Week 2 Assignment Conducting Your Own
Field Sobriety Test (ASH)

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• 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. Knowing what you know about
  ethanol and blood alcohol concentration, how
  would you explain in court what it means to
  be driving under the influence?

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CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 1 Drugs and Scheduling (ASH)

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• 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.While the schedule of a
  drug will help determine the severity of the
  charge against a suspect in a drug case, the
  amount of drug also plays a factor. Explain the
  necessity of the following
• Analysis of drugs in a criminal case

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CRJ 311 Week 2 DQ 2 Field Sobriety Tests (ASH)

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• 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.Considering your newfound knowledge
  of ethanol, why do you think the tests used in
  the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing program
  help in the determination of alcohol use and
  impairment

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CRJ 311 Week 2 Journal SANE or Not (ASH)

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• 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 Assignment Case Study Analysis The
Enrique Camarena Case (ASH)

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• Case Study Analysis The Enrique Camarena
  CaseRead 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.
• Asses what could have been done better or what
  could have been improved upon during the forensic
  investigation of the crime scene.
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CRJ 311 Week 3 DQ 1 Hair Evidence (ASH)

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• 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 3 DQ 2 Arson Dogs (ASH)

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•   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.

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CRJ 311 Week 4 Assignment What's Your Impression
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• Whats Your Impression?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.
• Create two impression patterns of your choice.
  This can include an imprint and/or indentation
  pattern. Take photos of the impressions you have
  created. For example, this can be foot
  impressions, tire impressions, or fingerprints
  left in mud, soil, or snow. Document the creation
  of your pattern evidence,

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CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 1 Bite Mark Evidence (ASH)

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•   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.
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CRJ 311 Week 4 DQ 2 Fingerprint Evidence (ASH)

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• 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.If
  your last name begins with A-L, address the
  following
• How might you enlighten those who believe
  fingerprint evidence no longer has a place in
  forensic investigation?
• Support your thoughts with at least one crime
  case.

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CRJ 311 Week 4 Journal Cold Case Investigation
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• Do You Have What It Takes?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 1 Blood Patterns (ASH)

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• 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.

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CRJ 311 Week 5 DQ 2 DNA Evidence (ASH)

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• 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.For students whose last
  name ends with M-Z, include one case study of how
  DNA has helped convict a guilty person of a crime
  and identify those areas you have discussed above.

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CRJ 311 Week 5 Final Paper (ASH)

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• 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.
• Terra Nova Films, The National Clearinghouse on
  Abuse in Later Life (NACALL) (Producers), Vanden
  Bosch, J. (Director). (2012). He wouldnt turn me
  loose The sexual assault case of 96-year-old
  Miss MaryDocumentary. United States Terra Nova
  Films. Available from the Films On Demand
  database.
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CRJ 311 Week 5 Journal Cold Case Investigation
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• 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.

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