Module Descriptors
PRACTICAL METHODS OF CRIME DETECTION
FORE60162
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Sarah Fieldhouse
Email: S.J.Fieldhouse@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 16
Independent Study Hours: 134
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 75%
- LABORATORY LOG BOOK weighted at 25%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
YOU MUST SATISFY THESE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: None
Module Resources
YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES: Student handbook, practical schedules and appropriately equipped laboratory facilities
Blackboard VLE
Blackboard VLE
Module Learning Strategies
THESE LEARNING STRATEGIES WILL OCCUPY YOUR TIME:
1 x 2h tutorial
1 x 2h lecture as an introduction to crime scene analysis
5 x 2h practical sessions
1 x 2h at simulated crime scene (where students will work in small groups of 3 or 4)
4 x 2h laboratory preparation sessions (independent study)
1 x 2h tutorial
1 x 2h lecture as an introduction to crime scene analysis
5 x 2h practical sessions
1 x 2h at simulated crime scene (where students will work in small groups of 3 or 4)
4 x 2h laboratory preparation sessions (independent study)
Module Indicative Content
This module allows the students to use equipment used in the analysis of forensic evidence through a series of practical exercise as specified below.
Fingerprints; dusting, enhancing and identification using AFIS.
Footwear marks: Analysis of casts and inked footwear marks to establish order.
Document Analysis: Use of ESDA to reveal indented writing to order pages in a report.
Use of Gas Chromatography in Analysis of Drugs.
Analysis of blood spatter and DNA profiling.
Crime scene investigation and processing of a mock crime scene.
Fingerprints; dusting, enhancing and identification using AFIS.
Footwear marks: Analysis of casts and inked footwear marks to establish order.
Document Analysis: Use of ESDA to reveal indented writing to order pages in a report.
Use of Gas Chromatography in Analysis of Drugs.
Analysis of blood spatter and DNA profiling.
Crime scene investigation and processing of a mock crime scene.
Module Additional Assessment Details
WHICH WILL BE ASSESSED BY:
Assessment Code:
Additional Assessment Information:
Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment.
Portfolio of laboratory reports 75% (outcomes 1 - 5)
Reflective log analysing practical skills acquired 25% (outcome 6)
Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via
Interactive question and answer sessions during practical classes
Assessment Code:
Additional Assessment Information:
Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment.
Portfolio of laboratory reports 75% (outcomes 1 - 5)
Reflective log analysing practical skills acquired 25% (outcome 6)
Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via
Interactive question and answer sessions during practical classes
Module Texts
AND REFER TO THESE TEXTS, TITLE, AUTHOR, PAGES:
No specific single text is available, but examples of suitable texts include:
Forensic Science, 2nd edition, A.R.W. Jackson and J.M. Jackson, Pearson: Harlow, 2008
Footwear Impression Evidence: Detection, Recovery and Examination, W J Bodziak, CRC Press, 1999
Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis, D.R. Ashbaugh, CRC Press: Boca Raton, 1999
Principles of bloodstain pattern analysis: Theory and practice, S.H. James, CRC Press: Boca Raton, 2005
Handbook of Forensic Drug analysis, F.P. Smith, Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, 2005
Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, 6th Edition, B.A.J. Fisher, CRC Press: Boca Raton, 2002
No specific single text is available, but examples of suitable texts include:
Forensic Science, 2nd edition, A.R.W. Jackson and J.M. Jackson, Pearson: Harlow, 2008
Footwear Impression Evidence: Detection, Recovery and Examination, W J Bodziak, CRC Press, 1999
Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis, D.R. Ashbaugh, CRC Press: Boca Raton, 1999
Principles of bloodstain pattern analysis: Theory and practice, S.H. James, CRC Press: Boca Raton, 2005
Handbook of Forensic Drug analysis, F.P. Smith, Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, 2005
Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, 6th Edition, B.A.J. Fisher, CRC Press: Boca Raton, 2002