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YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES:
Standard lecture room facilities, suitable laboratory facilities, module handbook access to library and to computers with www and distributed learning access
Blackboard VLE

INDICATIVE CONTENT: The roles and duties of the forensic scientist and scenes-of-crime officer will be outlined, in relation to criminal investigations proceeding from the scene-of-crime to the forensic laboratory to the courtroom. The vitally important issues of quality control and continuity of evidence in the crime scene to laboratory to court chain will be introduced, and an overview will be given of the types of chemical, physical and biological evidence used in forensic science, and the essential requirements of analytical techniques used for forensic analysis. The practical considerations of the preservation of the crime scenes and the recovery, packaging, labelling and preservation of evidence from crime scenes will be covered as will the organisation of scientific support services in England and Wales. Case studies to illustrate collection of evidence from various crime scenes will be studied

Additional Assessment Information:
Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment.

Outcomes 1 - 4 Examination (2h) 75%

Outcomes 4,5 Reflective log to include learning achievements from practical demonstrations 25%

Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via
Tutorial and practical demonstration group sessions

AND REFER TO THESE TEXTS, TITLE, AUTHOR, PAGES:

'Forensic Science', Jackson and Jackson, Pearson (2017)
‘Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science’, White (ed), 4th edition, Royal Society of Chemistry (2016)

1. UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUITY, PRESERVATION AND NON-CONTAMINATION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE DURING COLLECTION.
Forensic Subject Specific 1
Knowledge and Understanding

2. DEMONSTRATE A BROADLY BASED KNOWLEDGE OF UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF CRIME SCENE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
Knowledge and Understanding
Learning

3. DEMONSTRATE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO PROBLEM SOLVING IN FORENSIC SCIENCE.
Learning
Problem Solving

4. DEMONSTRATE A COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN A RANGE OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA.
Communication

5. UNDERTAKE A SELF-APPRAISAL OF LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS.
Reflection

THESE LEARNING STRATEGIES WILL OCCUPY YOUR TIME: 28 hours of lecture/tutorial sessions will provide for the delivery of the core material. 4 hours of practical demonstration to illustrate a range of forensic techniques. 118 hours of independent study, much of which will be tutor-guided background reading, through textbooks, websites, etc, will help to consolidate the core material and broaden your understanding. A series of short tests will provide formative self-assessment.

The roles and duties of the forensic scientist and scenes-of-crime officer will be outlined, in relation to criminal investigations proceeding from the scene-of-crime to the forensic laboratory to the courtroom. The vitally important issues of quality control and continuity of evidence in the crime scene to laboratory to court chain will be introduced, and an overview will be given of the types of chemical, physical and biological evidence used in forensic science, and the essential requirements of analytical techniques used for forensic analysis. The practical considerations of the preservation of the crime scenes and the recovery, packaging, labelling and preservation of evidence from crime scenes will be covered as will the organisation of scientific support services in England and Wales. Case studies to illustrate collection of evidence from various crime scenes will be studied.