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Discussion Post: Hair & Fiber Evidence
For this discussion, you (based on what letter your last name beings with) will be assigned to one of the interior space categories. Students must respond based on their assigned category. The assigned category will be used to answer the discussion questions from the perspective of a criminal justice professional. Click your category below to get started. CATEGORY TOPIC IS: Bedroom Area
Evidence: Hair and/or Fingerprints
Crime Scene Image: View the video, How Reliable Are Latent Fingerprint Examiners?Links to an external site.(Transcript)Links to an external site., to prepare for your discussion. Then, use your assigned category to answer the discussion questions from the perspective of a criminal justice professional or witness. Remember to use your textbook and another academic resource for your research.
Draft a response to the questions below, which will address a fictitious scenario involving your assigned category. Remember to use your textbook and another academic resource for your research.
In your original post, answer the following:
I. Provide a fictitious scenario for a crime that could occur and produce the assigned evidence in the environment you were assigned (image). You can be creative or draw inspiration from a film or book. Remember to select a crime based on the Category Block that you were assigned based on your last name. Make sure you end your scenario with officers being called to the scene.
II. Identify two locations where the assigned evidence may be located in the environment displayed in the image you were assigned. Explain why the evidence would settle in this location based on your scenario. Do you believe there is an opportunity for the evidence to be mixed (offender and victim)? Explain.
III. You have responded to the 911 call and have secured the scene. EMS is on scene, and aid has been rendered to any injured victims. What are your next steps? Identify the six basic crime scene search patterns. Select the search pattern that you believe would be most effective in searching the assigned environment. Explain the rationale for using this search pattern.
IV. What steps will you take to document the crime scene? Describe the role chain of custody has in maintaining the integrity of the evidence that is seized during the search.