State of South Carolina v. Richard Alexander Murdaugh was the trial…
State of South Carolina v. Richard Alexander Murdaugh was the trial of American former lawyer Alex Murdaugh for the murder of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. The trial in the fourteenth circuit of the South Carolina Circuit Court began on January 25, 2023, and ended on March 2 […]
Two Supreme Court Rulings: Frye v. United States and Daubert v….
Two Supreme Court Rulings: Frye v. United States and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. set the stage as to how forensic evidence will be presented in the courtroom. The Frye Standard relied on “general acceptance” before scientific evidence was permitted in the courtroom. In a landmark ruling in the1993 case of Daubert v. Merrell […]
1. Describe how and when fingerprint ridges form. …
1. Describe how and when fingerprint ridges form. Explain the physical advantage of fingerprint ridges. Describe characteristics of fingerprint ridges. 2. Distinguish among the three basic types of fingerprint ridge patterns. 3. Distinguish among the following types of fingerprints: Plain Arch, Tented Arch, Plain Whorl, Central Pocket Loop Whorl, Radial […]
Research different databases : AFIS – IAFIS (1999) stands for…
Research different databases : AFIS –IAFIS (1999) stands for Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System as used by FBI, Which has been upgraded to NGI-Next Generation Identification*, CODIS, NIBIN that are used in different forensic science fields. Give a brief description of the rules that are association with these databases. What is the purpose of each […]
Describe the three types of impact spatter (relative velocity) that…
Describe the three types of impact spatter (relative velocity) that may be found at a crime scene. What is the importance for having these bloodstains designated into these three different categories? Discuss two other bloodstain patterns that may be easily confused based on appearance similarities. Why/what could cause this confusion? Is this confusion avoidable; why […]
The Danielle Van Dam Murder Case Sometime during the night of…
The Danielle Van Dam Murder Case Sometime during the night of February 1, 2002, 7-year-old Danielle Van Dam disappeared from her bedroom in the Sabre Springs suburb of San Diego, California. On February 27, three and a half weeks later, searchers found her naked body in a trash-covered lot about 25 miles from her home. […]
Que criterios comprueban las teorías criminológicas …
Que criterios comprueban las teorías criminológicas observación, definición de hipótesis y utilidad para guiar las políticas públicas de prevención de la delincuencia. incoherencia de la teoría, validez empírica y utilidad para guiar las políticas públicas de prevención de la delincuencia. coherencia lógica, validez empírica y utilidad para guiar las políticas públicas de prevención de […]
After watching…
After watching give a criminology analysis on the psychiatric patients, psychiatric hospital employees, and/or both. Include the following: Identify the patient’s diagnosis. Discuss the patient’s disorder and explain what it is. Discuss the cause of the behavior. What is being done to correct the behavior. Suggest solutions possible solutions. Is the patient able to […]
Comparing the Declaration of Independence (United States) to the D…
Comparing the Declaration of Independence (United States) to the Declaration of the Rights of Man (France) Students must write a 2-page essay, using a Turabian style format. For the American Declaration document (the Declaration of Independence) use this primary source, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript. For the French Declaration document (the Declaration of the Rights of Man) […]
3. Describe the differences between positive, presumptive, and…
3. Describe the differences between positive, presumptive, and tentative ID? Which methods of identification are the most reliable, and why? Which methods of positive identification are the most practical (efficient and cost effective)?
