| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Forensic and Criminal Investigations |
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1 ) Explain career opportunities in forensic and criminal investigations.
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
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2 ) Identify safety precautions for forensic and criminal investigators.
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
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3 ) Describe the history of forensic science.
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
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4 ) Explain criminal investigation procedures, including purpose and types.
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
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5 ) Describe responsibilities of various personnel involved in crime scene investigations.
Examples: police, detectives, laboratory specialists, medical examiners
• Explaining techniques for searching, sketching, and recording data from a crime scene
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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6 ) Explain ways to collect and preserve evidence from a crime scene.
• Distinguishing between physical evidence and witness evidence
• Comparing the three main pattern types that combine to form an individual's unique fingerprint
• Explaining different methods of latent fingerprint development
• Identifying origins of impressions, including footwear and tire tread
• Describing ways to identify hair, fiber, and blood evidence
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Forensic and Criminal Investigations |
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7 ) Describe presumptive and confirmatory forensic tests.
Examples: blood type comparison, DNA testing
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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8 ) Describe the importance of genetic information to forensics.
• Using the process of gel electrophoresis for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprinting
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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9 ) Describe the decomposition process.
• Using rigor mortis to determine corpse position
• Describing decomposition by-products used to determine cause of death
• Using entomological life cycles to determine time of death
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Forensic and Criminal Investigations |
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10 ) Identify the importance of skeletal remains in forensics.
• Comparing bones and skulls based on age, sex, and race
• Using forensic dentistry to establish identity
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Forensic and Criminal Investigations |
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11 ) Describe general categories of drugs and poisons, including their effects on humans.
• Explaining ways poisons are detected during autopsy
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Forensic and Criminal Investigations |
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12 ) Explain fingerprinting methods and identification techniques.
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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13 ) Distinguish between class and individual characteristics of firearms.
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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14 ) Use laws of physics to explain forensic evidence.
• Analyzing blood splatter patterns to determine speed, height, and direction
• Tracking trajectories of collected evidence
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| Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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15 ) Describe techniques used to determine the validity of forensic documents.
Examples: fiber and handwriting analysis, ink chromatography
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