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1 ) Explain career opportunities in forensic and criminal investigations. |
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2 ) Identify safety precautions for forensic and criminal investigators. |
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3 ) Describe the history of forensic science. |
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4 ) Explain criminal investigation procedures, including purpose and types. |
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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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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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7 ) Describe presumptive and confirmatory forensic tests. Examples: blood type comparison, DNA testing |
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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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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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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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11 ) Describe general categories of drugs and poisons, including their effects on humans. Explaining ways poisons are detected during autopsy
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12 ) Explain fingerprinting methods and identification techniques. |
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13 ) Distinguish between class and individual characteristics of firearms. |
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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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15 ) Describe techniques used to determine the validity of forensic documents. Examples: fiber and handwriting analysis, ink chromatography |