1. Criminal Investigation Unit 1 Lecture
Lecturer- Fred D. Collie
Criminal Investigation Unit 1 Lecture

2. Course Outcomes Unit Assignment Outcome Unit 3 Unit 3 PowerPoint
Identify the types of evidence and their importance to the investigative process.
Unit 5
Midterm
Identify the fundamentals of criminal investigation
Unit 7
Unit 7 Quiz
Describe basic investigative techniques
Unit 9
Unit 9 Final Essay
Illustrate the ethical and legal preparations required for successful prosecution of a case.
Identify the ethical issues within the field of study.

3. This Week’s Deliverables
Review Key Terms
Introduce Yourself to Your Classmates
Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Criminal Investigation
Attend Seminar (20)
Respond to the Discussion Board (30 Points)
Take The Quiz 30 points
Complete you Learning Journal 5 Points

4. Administrative Issues
How do I access my Text?

5. Course E- Book

6. Download and copy each Chapter to your computer and a thumb drive

9. 1. A detective must operate on the assumption that every case will go to trial; however, only a few cases that are investigated and solved eventually go to trial. (Points : 2) True False

10. 1. A detective must operate on the assumption that every case will go to trial; however, only a few cases that are investigated and solved eventually go to trial. (Points : 2) True False

11. READ
Read Read Read Read Read Read Read Read

12. Doc Sharing- Your Syllabus

13. Doc Sharing- Seminar PowerPoints

14. Administrative Issues
How do I access my Text?
How do I do well in the Seminars?

15. How do I do Well in the Seminars?
Read your Chapters prior to the Seminar
Arrive 10 minutes early
Dedicate the hour to the Seminar
Have your text and notes in front of you
Ask Questions
Respond to Instructor Questions
Additional Suggestions?

16. Seminars

17. Participation Question?
How do you plan to do well in the Seminars?

18. READ
Read Read Read Read Read Read Read Read

19. Administrative Issues
How do I access my Text?
How do I do well in the seminars?
When are my assignments due?

20. When are my Assignments Due?
Easter Time (ET) is the standard at Kaplan. All times mentioned are Eastern time
The academic week starts on Wednesday at 1 second after Midnight and ends at Midnight on the following Tuesday
All assignments are due by the end of the academic week in which the unit falls; therefore, assignments are due on Tuesday by Midnight
If your assignment is going to be late, contact me so we can work something out.

21. Weekly Assignments

22. How do well on the Discussion Boards
Your text should ALWAYS be your first source.

23. Always Use APA in-text Citations
Avoiding Plagiarism
Always Use APA in-text Citations

24. Responding to Questions
Define
Define the concept or term. Ensure that you properly cite your definition
Explain
Explain the term or concept using the course material and common, practical terms
Provide Examples
Provide practical examples that connect the academic material to the real world.

25. What is Criminalistics?
Osterburg and Ward describe criminalistics as “the branch of forensic science concerned with the recording, scientific examination, and interpretation of the minute details to be found in physical evidence” (Osterburg & Ward, 2010, p. 22). Through criminalistics scientists or technicians identify items used in criminal acts such as substances, objects or instruments. Once identified, scientist or technician can then connect the substances, objects, or instruments to a crime. For example, if an investigator discovers and collects fingerprints during a burglary investigation, those fingerprints will be classified and entered into the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). If a match is found with an existing print in AFIS, that match establishes that the person connected to the fingerprints was at the location where the burglary was committed thus connecting a person (suspect) to a location where a crime was committed.
Osterburg, J. W., & Ward, R. H. (2010). Criminal Investigation: for Reconstructing the Past (6th ed.). New Providence, NJ: Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.

26. Your text should ALWAYS be your first source

27. Learning Journal
For me only, in this class only, words is fine- just hit the high points.

28. Administrative Issues
How do I access my Text?
How do I do well in the seminars?
When are my assignments due?
How do I contact my Instructor if I need help?

29. How do I contact my instructor if I need help?-
Office hours
Monday, 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. ET - (AIM)
Sunday, 8:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. ET - (AIM)
AIM when you see me online
Other times as arranged

30. Administrative Issues
Are there any additional questions?
Are you confident that you know how to do well in this course?
How many of you have read you syllabus?

31. Participation Question?
How do you plan to do well in this course?
What three things will you do to help ensure your success?

32. Criminal Investigation Unit 1 Lecture
Lecturer- Fred D. Collie

33. Responsibilities of the Investigator
Determine whether a crime has been committed.
Decide if the crime was committed within the investigator’s jurisdiction.
Discover all facts pertaining to the complaint.
Gather and preserve physical evidence.
Develop and follow up all clues.
Recover stolen property.
(Osterburg & Ward, 2010, pp. 5-6)

34. Responsibilities of the Investigator
Identify the perpetrator or eliminate a suspect as the perpetrator.
Locate and apprehend the perpetrator.
Aid in the prosecution of the offender by providing evidence of guilt that is admissible in court.
Testify effectively as a witness in court.
(Osterburg & Ward, 2010, pp. 5-6)

35. Responsibilities of the Investigator
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
(Osterburg & Ward, 2010)

36. The Crime Triangle
(Center for Problem Oriented Policing, 2011)

37. Physical Evidence
(Osterburg & Ward 2010, p. 39)

38. Criminalistics
Criminalistics, the branch of forensic science concerned with the recording, scientific examination, and interpretation of the minute details to be found in physical evidence, is directed toward the following ends:
To identify a substance, object, or instrument.
To establish a connection between physical evidence, the victim, the suspect, and potential crime scenes.
To reconstruct how a crime was committed and what happened at the time it was being committed. To get at the details regarding the analysis of bloodstain patterns (distribution, location, size, and shape) or to determine the trajectory of a bullet and gun-to-target range, training and experience is a must.
To protect the innocent by developing evidence that may exonerate a suspect.
To provide expert testimony in court.
(Osterburg & Ward, 2010, p. 22)

39. Criminalistics Disciplines
Wet chemistry
Instrumental chemistry
Firearms and tool marks
Questioned documents
Fingerprints
Photography
Lie detection
Voice spectroscopy
Osterburg & Ward, 2007

40. Identification vs. Identity
The classification process by which an entity is placed in a pre-defined, limited or restricted class (Osterburg & Ward 2010, p. 36)
Identity
Extends the classification process to the point at which the entity is in a class by itself—a class of one (Osterburg & Ward 2010, p. 36).
Established when the physical evidence is linked to the suspect

41. Role of the Crime Laboratory
Help establish elements of a crime
Link the crime scene or victim to the perpetrator (associative evidence)
Reconstruct how the crime was committed
Induce an admission or confession
Protect the innocent
Provide expert testimony in court
Osterburg & Ward, 2007

42. Clue Materials as Information Sources
Fingerprints
Firearms
Blood
Semen, other biological material
(DNA profiling)
Document examinations
Glass
Trace evidence

43. Comparison Microscope
A microscope is used to compare tool marks as well as bullets and cartridges (Osterburg & Ward, 2010, p. 60).

44. Rules of Evidence
The evidence rules followed in the federal and state courts of the United States today are products of a combination of legislative acts and court decisions.
For practical purposes the rules of evidence are rules of exclusion
Relevancy is concerned with whether there is a connection between the evidence and the issue to be proved. Relevant evidence tends to prove or disprove a fact. 
Materiality is concerned with whether the evidence is sufficiently important to influence the outcome of the issue being contested. Does it throw enough new light on the issue to warrant taking the time for its presentation and consideration?
Competency is concerned with the quality and kind of evidence being offered (or the person offering it). Competent evidence is that which is admissible under the rules of evidence for the purpose of proving a relevant fact.
(Osterburg & Ward, 2010, pp )

45. Forensic Science
A fairly new, all-encompassing term, characterizes the scientific examination of evidence (Osterburg & Ward, 2010, p. 21).

46. Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
A national fingerprint and criminal history system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. The AFIS provides automated fingerprint search capabilities, latent searching capability, electronic image storage, and electronic exchange of fingerprints and responses, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. As a result of submitting fingerprints electronically, agencies receive electronic responses to criminal ten-print fingerprint submissions within two hours and within 24 hours for civil fingerprint submissions.

47. Chapter 13: Reconstructing the Past: Methods, Evidence, Examples

48. Sources of Information
People
Physical Evidence
Records
Osterburg & Ward, 2007

49. Definitions INDUCTION DEDUCTION CLASSIFICATION specific > general
a posteriori reasoning
DEDUCTION
general > specific
a priori reasoning
CLASSIFICATION
systematic arrangement of objects into categories based on shared characteristics

50. Definitions SYNTHESIS the combining of separate parts or elements
ANALYSIS
separating a whole into parts for individual study
HYPOTHESIS
an assertion that tentatively accounts for a set of facts
THEORY
a somewhat verified hypothesis, with assumptions chosen to fit empirical knowledge
Osterburg & Ward, 2010

51. The Scientific Method State the problem Form the hypothesis
Collect data by observing and experimenting
Interpret data as a test of the hypothesis
If data support hypothesis so far, collect additional data
Draw conclusions
Osterburg & Ward, 2007

52. Criminal Investigation Unit 1 Lecture
Lecturer- Fred D. Collie