| Date |
Topic |
Text Reading |
Other Assignments |
| 9/26 |
Introduction to Forensic Science
|
|
Labor Market
Info: Criminalists
Careers in Forensic
Science
The Legal
System
How Lawyers Use Expert Witnesses
The
Frye Opinion
Daubert
v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
Kumho
TIre v Carmichael
State
Admissibility Standards
|
| 10/01 |
The Scientific Method
|
Ch 1 |
Steps in the Scientific Method
|
| 10/03 |
The Crime Scene: Evidence Collection & Preservation
|
Ch 2 |
Crime Scene Investigations
Crime
Scene Measurement
Crime Scene Photography
Crime Scene Evidence Files
Michigan v Tyler |
| 10/08 |
Physical Evidence
|
Ch 3 |
Admissibility
of Scientific Evidence Under Daubert
The Daubert Case
Case
Solved With Aid of Fracture Match
State v
Kunze
|
|
10/10
Quiz #1
|
|
|
|
|
10/15
|
Physical Properties: Soil & Glass
|
Ch 4 |
Corning Museum's Glass
Resource |
| 10/17 |
Chromatography
|
Ch 5: pp. 129-147 |
Chromatography
TLC
Paper
Chromatography
Gas
Chromatography
Animated
GC Movie
HPLC
The
Poisoned Needle
Electrophoresis
Chromatography
Applied to Inks |
| 10/22 |
Spectroscopy
|
Ch 5: pp.147-155 |
Spectroscopy
IR Spectroscopy
Molecular Spectroscopy |
| 10/24 |
Mass Spectrometry |
Ch 5: 155-160 |
MS for the
Novice
GC/MS For Chromatographers
Animated
GC/MS Movie
Mass Spec Tutorial
The Virtual GC/MS |
| 10/29 |
Inorganic Analysis
|
Ch 6 |
Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy
Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy
Neutron Activation
Analysis
The Kennedy AssassinationNeutron
Activation & Kennedy Assassination
Guinn's
Expert Testimony:NAA of JFK Bullets
JFK Assassination Research Materials |
|
10/31
Quiz #2
|
The Microscope
|
Ch 7 |
Microscope Primer
The Electron Microscope
Scanning
Electron Microscopy
Arson -Homicide Cases
Study |
|
11/05
|
Hairs, Fibers & Paint
|
Ch 8 |
Hair Morphology
Ethnic Differences
Identification of
Animal Hair
Fibers
Paint Chemistry |
| 11/07 |
Arson & Explosion Investigation
|
Ch 11 |
Alfred Nobel
Black Powder
Federal Explosives
Law
List of Explosive Materials |
| 11/12 |
Fingerprints
|
Ch 14 |
Fingerprints |
|
11/14
Quiz #3
|
Drugs
|
Ch 9 |
Identification
of Drugs
Tobacco & Crime
Lycaeum |
|
11/19
|
Forensic Toxicology
|
Ch 10 |
Forensic
Toxicology |
| 11/21 |
Forensic Serology
|
Ch 12 |
Bloodstain
Photography
Blood
Types
Blood
Types Close Up |
| 11/26 |
DNA
|
Ch 13 |
DNA
FIngerprinting
DNA From the Beginning
Introductory Statistics
What the Heck is PCR
PCR Graphic
VNTR's
RFLP
Analysis |
|
11/28
Quiz #4
|
Firearms & Impressions
|
Ch 15 |
External Ballistics
How Do Bullets Fly?
Internal Ballistics
Matching
Bullets to Guns
Weapon Identification
Shoeprint &
Tire Track Examination Resources
Forensic Firearms Identification
Firearms
Tutorial
Firearm Image Library
Links to Graphics for Final
Exam
|
| 12/03 |
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM
|
