Module Descriptors
PRACTICAL METHODS OF CRIME DETECTION
FORE60310
Key Facts
School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Francesca Stubbs-Hayes
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 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 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 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 Resources
YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES: Student handbook, practical schedules and appropriately equipped laboratory facilities
Blackboard VLE
Blackboard VLE
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
Module Special Admissions Requirements
YOU MUST SATISFY THESE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: None