Kennedy Holmes
North House
Topic: Criminal Investigation
EQ: What is the most important skill to have to become a successful criminal investigator?

Thursday, March 29, 2012

2-Hour Room

I plan to combine my room creativty and my answer 2 activty. I thought id make the room look like some type of crime scene and then my activity would be either a scavenger hunt in the scene or having groups gather dna evidence correctly throughout the crime scene.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Answer 2

 EQ=What is most important to a criminal investigator when collecting evidence leading to a conviction?
Answer= DNA samples are most important to convicting the correct suspect.
Evidence=
caught the green river killer with DNA
Let an innocent man go caught the real " snaggle tooth killer"
can link cases together before a suspect is found
can help you find a suspect if it is their second offense
can be valid proof to convict the right person especially fingerprints ( except finger prints made in blood because if they are wet they smear too easily)
always in the system and never changes
can always be found at any crime scene because DNA can be found through various things
usually used for more violent cases but has recently been used for smaller offenses such as burglaries and have been proven to be more efficient



Source=
http://www.justice.gov/ag/dnapolicybook_solve_crimes.htm
http://www.forensic-evidence.com/site/ID/bitemark_ID.html
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/DNAsolvespropertycrimes.pdf

Friday, March 9, 2012

The Product

I applied to the correct major because of my first 2 interviews and an informal interview i had with agent kelly at my service learning.