Forensics and the Scientific Method
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An 8 page discussion of the link between forensics and the scientific method. This paper delineates the four step process they share. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPcrmscimth.rtf

Forensics Ballistics
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This 4 page paper discusses forensics ballistics: what it is, the first use of the science, and what the future might hold for the discipline. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVForBal.rtf

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