Handwriting: Accurate or Subjective?
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A 5 page paper which examines what, if anything, handwriting reveals from a forensics perspective. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGhandwrit.rtf

Imaginary Homicide Crime Scene
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4 pages in length. The call came in to the Arson Investigation Department just after 9 pm Monday evening that: A seventy-year-old woman had been found dead in her home by a suspected explosive device. Upon arrival, the first thing the investigator noted in the overall attempt to recognize, document, collect, preserve and analyze the physical evidence was the distinct post-explosive odor attributed to detonation aftermath. The next door neighbor was immediately at the investigator's side offering details as she knew them, only one of which was of any actual benefit: The fresh, clear print of a man's athletic shoe was identified in the flowerbed just outside the front door. This was a potentially critical piece of information inasmuch as the elderly woman lived alone, had no sons or brothers, and was not seeing anyone. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCHomicide.rtf

Inconsistencies in the Wayne Williams Conviction in the Atlanta Child Murders
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A 4 page overview of the facts surrounding this infamous 1982 trial. This paper addresses the question of whether the Wayne Williams case was solved by luck or by detailed detective work and evidence development. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Is Justice Delivered With Forensic Science?:
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This 10 page paper exmines the role of forensic science in determining how justice is served. More specifically, this paper asserts that forensic science is not the miraculous tool it appears to be, and that its use does not always result in justice being served. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: GSCrimnl.rtf

Issues Concerning Forensic Testing
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4 pages in length. As with any other situation where critical thinking and decision-making must occur simultaneously, allowing interns to perform forensic testing may cause more of a problem than it solves. This is not to say that interns should never be given the opportunity to partake in forensics testing, but rather that a very strict set of guidelines must be in place – along with qualified overseers – in order for preventable mistakes to be avoided. When the issue at hand is murder, however, interns should be like children at an adult function: seen but not heard. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCForensIn.rtf

Jack Ruby / Conspirator Or An Unstable Individual Simply Seeking Attention ?
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A 15 page paper examining the life of Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Discusses the improbibility of his role as a conspirator and points to his mental and personal instability as the likely reasons he killed Oswald. Bibliography lists ten sources.
Filename: Jackruby.wps

Job Description: Criminal Profiler
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5 pages in length. Criminal profiling – which is defined as "the application of psychological theory to the analysis and reconstruction of the forensic evidence that relates to an offender's crime scenes, victims and behaviors" (Clemens, 1998, p. 27) – is both a fascinating and challenging career whose popularity has growing exponentially with media exposure (Silence of the Lambs, Seven, Kiss the Girls) and the mounting presence of international terrorism. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TLCCrimProf.rtf

Juvenile Justice and the Insanity Defense
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A 10 page analysis of the variation which exists across states as to whether juveniles can utilize insanity defenses. While some states allow such defenses, others do not. In those states where juveniles are not allowed the insanity defense, the fact that the juvenile court system allows so much latitude has been used as basis for the prohibition of the use of the insanity defense. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPjvInsn.rtf

Law Enforcement Technology and Due Process
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This 5 page paper explores some of the new technologies being used in law enforcement, what they mean to due process and the crime control model, and what they could mean for criminal justice in the 21st century. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVLawDue.rtf