Jonathan Dorriety Adjunct Professor Kaplan University School of Criminal Justice Unit 1 Seminar

 Course Instructor ◦ Jonathan Dorriety, M.S.C.J. ◦ Please call me “Jon”  Kaplan since 2004  Law enforcement for 28 years (Retired) ◦ PPCT Defensive Tactics Instructor, Photographer, Crisis Negotiator, Firearms Instructor, K-9 Trainer & Handler among other things.

 My address is:  Office hours are Sundays 3:00pm – 5:00pm ET. (2pm – 4pm Central Time) I use the Google ™ Chat feature.  Phone conferences can also be accommodated.  In an emergency my cell is (205) (Afternoons and Evenings)  If something comes up that prevents you from completing an assignment on time or you need extra time…contact me!

 Majority of seminar tonight will be used to cover class expectations for all assignment groups: ◦ Discussion board ◦ Seminars ◦ Assignments/Projects  Tonight’s goal: You should leave seminar knowing EXACTLY what is expected and required for an “A”

 This course will cover topics in Crime Scene Photography  There are numerous written assignments throughout the course  This is an upper level course (300) and your participation and work is expected to be at a higher level  I except more from you than I would students in a 100 or 200 level course  You are not in high school anymore…you are in college.

especiallymy posts  Discussion Boards (the heart of learning within our course) You should read every post and response, especially my posts  Seminars  Quizzes  Projects & Learning Activities (taking photos)  Essays & Papers  It is a lot of work and you must MAKE time to get it done if you are to succeed.  Time management is crucial.

 In order to receive credit for the discussion boards (DB) you must post an initial response to the question (100 word range).  A substantial response to at least one other classmate per question for a good grade; a response to two students for a better grade.  The DB rubric (grading guidelines) are in the syllabus. Be sure to look it over carefully.  Multiple DB questions each week (2)

 We meet each Thursday at 8pm ET  Make up work for missed Seminars means an essay words on the topic of the seminar unless I post an alternative assignment. (Essay is always accepted)  Conduct during seminars ◦ Stay on topic ◦ Avoid side chatter in main chat area ◦ Use Private messaging if necessary ◦ Participate! – Don’t just sign on say “hello” and then sit there or go watch TV = bad grade.

 Seminar Grading Rubrics  Maximum Points Grading Criteria  50% Content: Posts are on topic and contributes to the quality of the seminar  25% Participation: Frequent interaction on concepts being discussed by students and instructor  25% Attendance: Student arrives on time and stays the entire seminar

 If for some reason I am not here when seminar should begin, please call my cell phone (205)  If I do not answer, contact the Academic Chair, Linda Cook at and advise her of the situation. Please do not call Tech Support. They have their hands full as it  If I know ahead of time that something will prevent me from being at seminar, such as bad weather, I will everyone.

 All Projects, Mid-Term, and Final Essays must have a proper title page so I can identify your the work.  When submitting work please save as Name Unit Project # in Microsoft Word  It can be in Word , 2007 or 2010

Late Assignments No paper will be accepted three weeks after the due date!! Emergencies and other unforeseen issues will happen; this is different than laziness. Notify me immediately when this occurs!! Keep me informed is all I ask.

I do not want to see this happen!!!!

1. Late and rushed work becomes sloppy sometime plagiarized. (Copying and pasting from Internet sources.) 2. Budget your time. It is difficult with a family and full time work schedule, but it can be done. I know because I’ve been there. I earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees while working. 3. Each one of you chose to enroll here at Kaplan and took the first step toward furthering your education.

 When you begin to write an essay or paper it should start with what you already know and that is where you should begin to write.  We cite to: ◦ Show our argument is grounded in the field ◦ Help our readers find additional material on the topic ◦ Establish credibility ◦ You may be able to write the entire paper without referencing anyone else, but that is not academics

 In academics we support what we say with other people in the field saying the same thing.  So, then you go and find reference material, such as your text or articles, paraphrase or put into you own words what they said and cite the source.  This backs up what you said in your paper.  See how this works?

 The key to using other sources is to rewrite them in your voice and not to copy and paste from the Internet or a book.  Here is an example from your textbook.  “Different lenses may make the scene viewed in the viewfinder appear to be different than the eye sees the scene. A 50mm lens is considered to be the ‘normal’ lens for a 35mm SLR film camera because it portrays a scene in a similar way as the eye saw it” (Robinson, 2010, pp ).

 Here is the same text in my words.  There are a variety of lens types and focal lengths on the market, each one producing differences in the way the photographer sees the image through the camera. A 50mm lens is used as the “normal” lens since it produces little to no variation from the manner the human eye perceives the image (Robinson, 2010). Reference  Robinson, E.M. (2010). Crime scene photography (2 nd ed.). Boston: Academic Press.

 My pet peeve …Big time!  Before we discuss that let’s talk about writing and this includes the discussion boards.  You may have a project that does not require any citations because you are relating results from something you did (Unit 4 Project)  You will have essays and papers that will require citation of sources.  So the question is why do you cite sources?  We cite to support what we say with other people in the field saying the same thing.

 Quilting together a paper from multiple web sources (often copying and pasting sentences) without citation is plagiarism.  Putting the references on your references page isn't enough  Changing a couple of words in a passage is not adequate paraphrasing and even with a citation it's plagiarism.  Papers consisting of nothing, but quotes even if cited perfectly and placed in quotation marks is plagiarism.  Plagiarism does not have to be intentional.

 Information that is not considered “common knowledge” by the general public.  Just because it is in a textbook doesn’t make it common knowledge; in fact that usually means it is not.  When in doubt, cite the source of the information.  Whatever you do, do not copy anything and just submit it on a paper or the discussion board.

 I used Kaplan’s third party examiner Turnitin.com before I even look at your paper  Turnitin.com checks the paper against search engines, Internet, electronic databases (e.g. ProQuest), and every paper ever submitted to Turnitin.com  It then returns a “similarity index” score of how similar your paper is to these sources that have been checked.

 I see something like this

 If your paper shows up with high “similarity index score” I will examine it closer.  Sometimes the score may be high because of too much quoting.  So, that is why you have to careful about that as well. ten (10) percent  Quotes should take up no more than ten (10) percent of the entire paper.  Be sure you make a note of this!  Plagiarism occurs most when a student is behind and rushes to catch up by taking short cuts.

 If you ever have doubt about what should be cited or how something should be cited and you can’t find the answer contact me.  There are some good resources in Doc Sharing …Use them!  I like to see APA format, but I know everyone may not be that familiar with it. The main thing is to cite your sources and NOT just a lists of hyperlinks, like this…

References    ml ml

References    ml ml  I get references pages like this all the time.  This is the correct way. Author, year, title, Retrieved from URL (Not a homepage, but the exact link to the article.)  Kramer, R.E. (2008). Footwear impression photography. Retrieved from ography.html ography.html

 Even if you don’t have an APA manual there are plenty of websites dedicated to explaining APA format. This is a good one 560/01/ 560/01/  The Kaplan Writing Center also has some helpful resources. Use them!

 A glimpse at early case law regarding photography.  Photography Basics  Photography Equipment  Crime Scene Photographer’s Responsibilities

 Specific types of photography ◦ Crime scene ◦ Vehicle accidents ◦ Aerial ◦ Surveillance  Digital versus Film  Current Case law concerning photographic evidence

 Luco v. U.S., 64 U.S. 515 (1859)  First case in U.S. where photographs were introduced as evidence in court.

 Luco v. U.S., 64 U.S. 515 (1859)  First case in U.S. where photographs were introduced as evidence in court.  Photographs of documents involved in a land dispute.  The court used some funny language in this case.

 Luco v. U.S., 64 U.S. 515 (1859)  First case in U.S. where photographs were introduced as evidence in court.  Photographs of documents involved in a land dispute.  The court used some funny language in this case.  “oculis subjecta fidelibus”

 Luco v. U.S., 64 U.S. 515 (1859)  First case in U.S. where photographs were introduced as evidence in court.  Photographs of documents involved in a land dispute.  The court used some funny language in this case.  “oculis subjecta fidelibus”  “Before one’s eyes” or seeing is believing.  Court ruled (based on photographs) the signatures were forgeries.

 Marcy v. Bates, 82 Mass. (16 Gray) 161 (1860)  Introduced enlarged photographs  Laying the groundwork for current cases where enlargements are needed.  Most all photographs are enlarged for court presentation.

 Udderzook v. Commonwealth, 76 Pa. 340 (1874)  Leading criminal case  “There seems to be no reason why a photograph, proved to be taken from life and to resemble the person photographed, should not fill the same measure of evidence.”

 Luco v. U.S., 64 U.S. 515 (1859). Retrieved from 64/515/case.html 64/515/case.html  Legal Photography. Retrieved from html html  Robinson, E. M. (2010). Crime scene photography (2 nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Academic Press.

Thanks for attending! Have a great evening!