Category: Crime

Crime scenes can contain any number of categories of evidence.

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Crime scenes can contain any number of categories of evidence. Most laypeople think of firearms, blood, shattered doors, and bodies. The fact is that anything physical can become evidence if it were used, stolen, or placed at a crime scene. When you look at evidence, many times it is what you don’t see that is important.

Identify 3 types of evidence that you typically are unable to see until they are processed.
Identify how these types of evidence are critical in determining the facts concerning the crime scene that help identify what happened and who was involved in the scene at the time of the offense(s).

Crime Scene Reconstruction Individual Project

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In this crime scene scenario, there are a number of evidence types that you will need to collect. The crime scene is a single-floor house with a burned-down tool shed in the back. There is a mailbox that appears to have been hit by a car backing out of the driveway. It is 90 degrees (F) with 100% humidity.
The items you will collect include the following:

A vial of liquid blood
Stains on clothing that may be semen
A paper packet containing an unknown powder
Fumes from the shed that was burned to the ground, containing a body (the body will be handled by the medical examiner, not you)
Paint transfer apparently from a vehicle onto the mailbox in front of the crime scene
Hair and fiber found on a hammer with what appears to be dried blood
In a 4–6-page paper, complete the following:

Describe the methods you would use to pack these items for transport to the lab.
Explain the danger of the evidence degradation due to the environment.
Describe the instrumentation at the lab that might be used to examine the evidence.

Crime Scene Reconstruction Individual Project

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In this crime scene scenario, there are a number of evidence types that you will need to collect. The crime scene is a single-floor house with a burned-down tool shed in the back. There is a mailbox that appears to have been hit by a car backing out of the driveway. It is 90 degrees (F) with 100% humidity.
The items you will collect include the following:

A vial of liquid blood
Stains on clothing that may be semen
A paper packet containing an unknown powder
Fumes from the shed that was burned to the ground, containing a body (the body will be handled by the medical examiner, not you)
Paint transfer apparently from a vehicle onto the mailbox in front of the crime scene
Hair and fiber found on a hammer with what appears to be dried blood
In a 4–6-page paper, complete the following:

Describe the methods you would use to pack these items for transport to the lab.
Explain the danger of the evidence degradation due to the environment.
Describe the instrumentation at the lab that might be used to examine the evidence.

 

 

Crime and victimization has proven difficult due to unanticipated and counterproductive effects

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Using the media to reduce crime and victimization has proven difficult due to unanticipated and counterproductive effects. Why do you think it is so difficult to raise concern about crime and its consequences of a targeted audience without triggering negative effects from raising levels of fear?

What is a crime?

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1. What is a crime?
2. Research in Nexis Uni in the APUS Library or on a state government’s website and find one criminal statute in your home state. Summarize the statute and explain the elements of the crime. Don’t forget to include the citation to the statute.
3. Research in Nexis Uni in the APUS Library and find one case opinion that discusses the criminal statute. Summarize the case and explain what the Court said about the criminal statute. Don’t forget to include the citation to the case.
4. What is the potential sentence/punishment if you are found guilty of the statutory crime you discussed? If there is a range, what might affect how the sentence is applied?

 

What is a crime?

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1. What is a crime?
2. Research in Nexis Uni in the APUS Library or on a state government’s website and find one criminal statute in your home state. Summarize the statute and explain the elements of the crime. Don’t forget to include the citation to the statute.
3. Research in Nexis Uni in the APUS Library and find one case opinion that discusses the criminal statute. Summarize the case and explain what the Court said about the criminal statute. Don’t forget to include the citation to the case.
4. What is the potential sentence/punishment if you are found guilty of the statutory crime you discussed? If there is a range, what might affect how the sentence is applied?

 

Securing the crime scene

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Officers are trained to handle emergencies first, before securing the crime scene, even if valuable evidence could be lost or destroyed. Why is this critical? What factors should the responding officer consider when he realizes that he is on a “hot” call– a potentially dangerous situation that is currently unfolding? Which one of these factors played the biggest role in your decision-making and why? Integrate a Christian world view perspective to support your discussion.

Securing the crime scene

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Officers are trained to handle emergencies first, before securing the crime scene, even if valuable evidence could be lost or destroyed. Why is this critical? What factors should the responding officer consider when he realizes that he is on a “hot” call– a potentially dangerous situation that is currently unfolding? Which one of these factors played the biggest role in your decision-making and why? Integrate a Christian world view perspective to support your discussion.

Fear of crime

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Describe your own fear of crime. How often are you fearful of crime? What are some precautions you have taken, or why have you not taken some precautions? What do you believe causes or drives your current level of fear of crime?

Prompt 2: In your own words, compare and contrast primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Which do you believe is most important and why?