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)

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.

WHICH WILL BE ASSESSED BY:
A Portfolio 100%

This will consist of a laboratory book (completed during the practical sessions) and a complete experimental write-up (outcomes 1-5). Students will also be required to submit a reflective log of their performance at the crime scene house (outcome 6).

Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via
Interactive question and answer sessions during practical classes

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

YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES: Student handbook, practical schedules and appropriately equipped laboratory facilities
Blackboard VLE

This module will allow you to use equipment designed for the analysis of forensic evidence through a series of practical exercises 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.