2. Teri jandusa Nicolai

3. Criminal Science Chapter 1: Observation Skills Awareness
(Modern Marvels- Forensic Science)

4. Power of Observations
Selective attention

5. Perception
Feelings/intuition
Attentional Blink Test
Change Test
Selective attention test

6. Selective attention test (she drops a gum drop on lap at 23 sec, heart is drawn on cat- I don’t see it)

7. Count the white T’s and number of times they cross the line.

8. Test your Memory

9. Forensic Science is:
Any science which can be applied to problems or processes of the law
Includes scientific, legal and criminal justice aspects
CSI effect

10. Criminalistics is:
Specialty of forensic science, the scientific study of crime
Analysis, comparison, identification and interpretation of physical evidence
Used to prove existence of a crime or to make connections

11. A criminalist:
Provides information to investigators, attorneys, judges or juries
Studies scientific evidence pertaining to a crime

12. Criminology is:
The study of crime as a social phenomena of criminals (behavior of criminals)
The study of the nature and cause of criminal behavior , as well as societies response to it

13. A criminologist:
Studies the various forms of criminal behavior, the causes of crime, definition of crime, reactions to criminal activity
Topics of study include criminal justice and juvenile delinquency

14. Scientific method is:
The process of problem solving

15. Steps to the Scientific Method:
Ask a question
Make observations (what a persons perceives using his/her senses)
Hypothesis
Experiment
Conclusion( form of report with supported evidence)

16. Observations by Eyewitness
Eyewitness  person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts
Perception  interpreting information received from the senses (limited, not always accurate)

17. Activity 1 photo 1

19. Activity 1 photo 2

21. Activity 1 photo 3

23. Factors affecting observations
Faulty perception
Unfocused/not concentrating on the crime
Influence of their emotions/anxiety or stress
Type of activity/how much activity
Are they alone/group?

25. Observations in Forensics
Trained investigators analyze what they see
Use analytical/ deductive reasoning skills
Includes making detailed measurements and collection of evidence.

26. You’re the Detective
Examine the picture on the overhead for 30 seconds and be prepared for follow up questions

28. You’re the Detective What time what it on the clock?
What was the date?
Describe the person in the front of the line
Was anyone wearing anything unusual?

29. Spot the Difference

30. Lab- Observations
This morning Mr. Foster noticed a yellow liquid in his coffee cup. He turned over the cup with the liquid to our class to test for poisons. He has been receiving threats from Mr. Blake, who wants his job back (too many Bears fans in Illinois), and thinks that this is an attempted poisoning. You need to test known poisons and compare to determine what this yellow liquid is.

31. Nat geo real life csi- autopsy gunshot

32. Bill Bass- Body Farm Body Farm (skin slippage) 5 min
Motherboard/ Body Farm (11 min total) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Dead bodies left to rot (History channel) 9 minute)
Body Farm Motherboard (11 minutes- not in parts)