CCJS 320 Assignment 2

Please download the attached crime scene scenario, save as LastNameFirstInitial 320 Final Assignment (DoeJ 320 Final Assignment). Use this document to provide your responses to the following:

1. Complete the table provided in the scenario attachment reflecting a laboratory submission form and list the appropriate forensic examinations/tests and packaging. You may not request every test on every item of evidence, as this would not be allowed for a real-world forensic laboratory submission. Also, you need to consider based on the examinations/test(s) available, if items would be submitted for examinations/testing.
2. For evidentiary items that you requested multiple examinations/tests, describe the best order for performing these tests to prevent contamination and loss of evidence. Please utilize resources to support your response.
3. In your own words, discuss/explain [provide justification] why you selected these examinations/tests for each item of evidence.
4. For the examinations/tests you requested, are there any known samples that you would need to provide to the crime laboratory to assist with the examinations/tests? Please describe and discuss these known samples. Please utilize resources to support your response.
5. Explain at least two challenges this crime scenario could present with evidence admissibility in a trial. Please utilize resources to support your response.
6. Discuss how the evidence admissibility challenges discussed in number 5 could be avoided. Please utilize resources to support your response.

Format Instructions

• Your paper must be double spaced, in 12-pt font, and with 1 margins all around.
• All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, references page). Refer to the APA information found in Content -> Course Overview -> Course Resources.
• You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information. These must be cited both in the text as well as at the end of the document. You should use at least three (3) resources for this assignment. The resources you select should be from the course material, UMGC library, or course webliography; general internet searches should be avoided. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, all source material must be summarized or paraphrased.
• Your paper must be attached as a Word document. You have access to Office365 via your UMGC student account, at mail.umgc.edu. Papers or information typed into the Comments box will not be accepted or graded.
• Any papers needing to be resubmitted due to not following these instructions will be subject to the late penalty.
• Your professor may, at their discretion, consider the submission date as the date the assignment is submitted in the proper format. To avoid a late penalty being applied, you should be sure to submit your assignment in the proper format.
• You must use the provided document , CCJS 320 Final Assignment Scenario, to write your assignment. Submitting your assignment using a Word document other than the provided document may result in your paper being rejected or not graded until it is submitted using the provided document.
• Houck, M. & Seigel, J. (2015). Fundamentals of Forensic Science. Academic Press.
• (pages 572-573 starting with Primer Residues)
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation. (2009). GBI DOFS Trace Evidence Overview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f0A6Ge5VJ0

Microchemistry

• Michigan State Police. (2012). Microchemistry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UsOyOrUxUQ

How to Collect Hair & Fiber Evidence at a Crime Scene

• National Forensic Academy. (2016). How to Collect Hair & Fiber Evidence at a Crime Scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfWsgS0ID-s