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

Outcomes 1 - 4 Two essays (1500-2000 words) will count 50% each and address outcomes 1-4. The students will have a choice of topic areas and can submit specific essays for summative or formative assessment. On submission, the student will note whether the assignment is for formative or summative assessment.

Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via. See comments above

YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES:
Standard lecture room facilities, appropriate laboratory facilities, module handbook, access to library and to computers with www access

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The individuality of fingerprints will be discussed, along with methods of classification and comparison. The basic principles of visualisation, enhancement and recovery of fingerprints will be outlined. The impressions made by footwear, bare feet, ears, etc, will be discussed and their usefulness discussed in relation to solving crimes. The forensic examination of hairs and fibres, principally by microscopy, spectroscopic and chemical analysis, will be introduced and its relevance to solving crimes will be discussed. Analysis of paints and glass will be covered An introduction will be given to the analysis of questioned documents, including examination of paper, writing implements and inks, banknotes, credit cards, cheques and wills, typewritten, printed and photocopied documents, handwriting and indented writing, fingerprint and DNA traces. The handling of questioned documents and the techniques for destructive and non-destructive testing will be discussed.

THESE LEARNING STRATEGIES WILL OCCUPY YOUR TIME:
18 hours of lecture-tutorial sessions will provide for delivery of the core material. Here you will be introduced to the key theoretical principles, and you will also gain an appreciation of how forensic examination can be applied. These sessions will be supported by 6h of demonstration of specialist equipment
126 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.

AND REFER TO THESE TEXTS, TITLE, AUTHOR, PAGES:
Forensic Science: Adrew R.W Jackson and Julie M. Jackson, Pearson 2004
Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science,
P White (ed), Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998
Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science, R.Saferstein, Prentice-Hall, 1998