Summative Assessment
Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment, an Essay and a Practical Report:-

A written essay of 1000 - 1500 words [50%] addressing learning outcomes 1 & 2

A report based on a series of problem-solving exercises, and a reflective summary [50%] addressing learning outcomes 2- 4

Formative Assessment
Students will be provided with formative assessment opportunities through feedback during tutorial and practical workshop activities.

Color Atlas of Forensic Pathology, J Dix, CRC Press, 2000

Forensic Pathology, Second Edition, VJM DiMaio and D DiMaio, CRC Press, 2001

Time of Death, Decomposition and Identification, J Dix and M Graham, CRC Press, 2000

Essential Forensic Biology, A Gunn, John Wiley, 2006

Eckert WG, James SH. Interpretation of Bloodstain Evidence at Crime Scenes, CRC Press 1998

Bevel T, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis; with an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2002

Inman, K., Rudin, N. An Introduction to Forensic DNA Analysis, CRC Press, 2002

Module Handbook, lecture room equipped with PowerPoint, OHP, white board and other presentation provisions, laboratory capable of dealing with biological fluids.
Blackboard VLE

10 x 2 hour lecture-tutorials to present and discuss the key concepts plus 2 x 2 hour practical workshops to apply this knowledge.
Non-contact independent study will be required to complement the lecture-tutorial sessions, prepare and support the practical workshops and assessments.

Identification of body fluids at the crime scene through presumptive testing and an awareness of the availability of confirmatory tests. Awareness of the types of blood spatter patterns at a crime scene, and how to interpret these patterns and relate them to the investigation, including scene reconstruction using `stringing' techniques and pattern re-enactment. The process of DNA analysis starts at the crime scene with DNA collection (including anti-contamination procedures), DNA extraction, DNA interpretation and follows through to reporting the DNA evidence in context to the case. Awareness of the various DNA databases and how they have been used in crime investigations. Using pathological techniques to identify a body, estimate time-of-death and cause-of-death. Specific case studies used where physical evidence and injuries such as wounds, burns and bite mark impressions can aid an investigation. Methods of finding and recovering buried bodies and the process of body identification.

Study of SHS82106-1: Introduction to Forensic Science
Progression to level 2 of BSc Forensic Investigation