1. Welcome to Unit #1 Seminar Please feel free to chat with each other until class starts. I will attempt to use the microphone again, so keep your speakers turned up. Thanks for your cooperation: Instructor Rodney Leonard

2. What will you learn in this unit?  How to define Criminal Investigation.  The responsibilities and attributes of a successful investigator.  Identify sources of information at a crime scene.  Compare and contrast universal motives and particularized motives.  The origins of criminal investigation.  How to identify and explain two major branches of forensic science.

3. What do I have to do to complete this unit?  Introduce Yourself to your Classmates  Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Criminal Investigation  Review Key Terms  Respond to the Discussion Board  Attend the Weekly Seminar  Take the Quiz  Complete the Journal  Visit Extra! Extra!

4. Chapter 1: The Investigator  This chapter integrates and summarizes the criminal investigation function, including its history, current obligations, and future prospects. It defines criminal investigation and the responsibilities of the investigator, together with the attributes and skills required to discharge them. You will find a brief review of the origins of criminal investigation and the developments that brought it to its present stage or that may result from ongoing research.

5. Chapter 2: Physical Evidence  The word forensic is derived from the Latin forensis, meaning “forum.” A town square or marketplace in ancient cities, the forum was the arena of discussion and disputation in judicial and other public matters. As society became more complex, disputes were argued and settled in formally organized courts. Today, the term forensic still applies and is used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.

6. SYLLABUS REVIEW  Course Schedule  Units 1 -10  Units begin on Wednesday and end following Tuesday!  Unit 3 – Creative project (Power Point)  Unit 5 – Midterm Assignment & Exam  Unit 9 – Research Project  Unit 10 – Final Exam

7. SYLLABUS REVIEW  Seminar  No Seminar Unit 5 and Unit 10  Office hours  AIM instant messenger needed!  My screen name is MrRodneyLeonard

8. Grading and Assessment  Basic Grading system!!  90% and up = A  80% and up = B  70% and up = C  60% and up = D  59% and below = F  I = Incomplete, this may be used along with a grade of zero, to indicate I will still accept an assignment.

9. Discussion Board Posting  As you discuss the following subjects with your classmates, refer to the unit reading assignments and use the library/internet for additional reference.  After contributing one substantial response (100+ words), please respond to at least one (1) of your classmate's posts with a significant and thoughtful response.  Contribute to the discussion board at the start of the unit and on at least one other day.  Respond with posts that are grammatically correct and cite all sources by including the web address and author.

10. Discussion Board Posting  Do not post in the Unit after it has ended. Each unit ends on Tuesday Night at 11:59pm EST.  If you miss a discussion you may request a makeup assignment. You need to email me with the reason why you missed along with your request for the makeup assignment.

11. Writing Assignments  Follows description as provided in the course,  Provides factually accurate information based on the textbook as well as reliable outside sources,  Meets length requirements as described within the project description,  Properly credits sources used, Cite your sources!!  Follows basic standards for college-level writing— that is, proper grammar, spelling, and organization,  Submitted by the deadline.

12. Seminar Assignment  Enters the scheduled KHE Seminar sessions on time,  Actively participates throughout the entire session,  Participate throughout the entire seminar,  Interact with fellow students & instructor throughout the session,  Provides original contributions that further the work of the class.

13. Makeup Seminar Assignment  If you miss a seminar, you need to go in and access the archive and watch the seminar,  Write an essay that, Reflects a viewing of the seminar transcript, is 300-500 words, Properly credits sources used, Follows basic standards for college-level writing—that is, proper grammar, spelling, and organization, Submitted by the deadline. (end of the unit)  This assignment should be emailed to me, subject Makeup Seminar Unit#___.

14. Criminal Investigation: A Method for Reconstructing the Past 5 th edition By James W. Osterburg and Richard H. Ward Copyright © 2007 Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., a member of the LexisNexis Group Newark, NJ 877-374-2919

15. Chapter 1 The Investigator Responsibilities and Attributes; Origins and Trends Osterburg & Ward, 2007

16.  Determine whether a crime has been committed  Verify jurisdiction  Discover all facts, collect physical evidence, and follow up on clues  Recover stolen property  Identify the perpetrator or eliminate a suspect  Locate and apprehend the perpetrator  Aid the prosecution by providing evidence of guilt that is admissible in court  Testify effectively as a witness in court Responsibilities of the Investigator Osterburg & Ward, 2007

17.  Wickersham Commission (the “third degree”)  Hans Gross (father of forensic investigation)  Francis Galton (fingerprint science)  Paul Uhlenhuth (precipitin tests for blood species)  Calvin Goddard (comparison microscope)  Edmond Locard (first police laboratory, France)  Paul Kirk (criminalistics) The Development of Investigative Methods Osterburg & Ward, 2007

18. Chapter 2 Physical Evidence: Development, Interpretation, Investigative Value Osterburg & Ward, 2007

19.  Wet chemistry  Instrumental chemistry  Firearms and toolmarks  Questioned documents  Fingerprints  Photography  Lie detection  Voice spectroscopy Criminalistics Disciplines Osterburg & Ward, 2007

20.  Identification The classification process by which an entity is placed in a pre-defined, limited, or restricted class  Identity Established when the physical evidence is linked to the suspect Identification vs. Identity Osterburg & Ward, 2007

21.  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 Role of the Crime Laboratory Osterburg & Ward, 2007

22.  Fingerprints  Firearms  Blood  Semen, other biological material (DNA profiling)  Document examinations  Glass  Trace evidence Clue Materials as Information Sources Osterburg & Ward, 2007

23. Any Questions Please ask ????? Office Hours Following Seminar on AIM (MrRodneyLeonard)