Contents
1. Definition of forensic science.
2. Locard’s Exchange principle and examples of contact traces.
3. Crime Scene Investigators and how they are specially trained at looking for evidence.
4. How and why a crime scene is secured by police officers.
5. Why evidence removed from a crime scene needs to be labelled and stored securely.
6. Describe the differences between synthetic and natural fibres.
7. Describe the general structure (3 layers) of a strand of hair.
8. Describe how and why fingerprints form and identify the three different types of fingerprints, name and describe the 8 characteristics that can be found with a pattern of a fingerprint.
9. The ABO system of blood typing and how blood typing alone is of limited use as evidence.
10. How and why DNA fingerprinting is used as evidence.
Assessment:
Assignment (research into forensic techniques)
and involvement in discussion/content of weebly 25%
Practical Report and Practical Skills 25%
End of topic test 50%
1. Definition of forensic science.
2. Locard’s Exchange principle and examples of contact traces.
3. Crime Scene Investigators and how they are specially trained at looking for evidence.
4. How and why a crime scene is secured by police officers.
5. Why evidence removed from a crime scene needs to be labelled and stored securely.
6. Describe the differences between synthetic and natural fibres.
7. Describe the general structure (3 layers) of a strand of hair.
8. Describe how and why fingerprints form and identify the three different types of fingerprints, name and describe the 8 characteristics that can be found with a pattern of a fingerprint.
9. The ABO system of blood typing and how blood typing alone is of limited use as evidence.
10. How and why DNA fingerprinting is used as evidence.
Assessment:
Assignment (research into forensic techniques)
and involvement in discussion/content of weebly 25%
Practical Report and Practical Skills 25%
End of topic test 50%