Assignment:
Create a scenario that describes a crime in which there is at least one of each type of biological evidence, controlled dangerous substance (CDS) evidence, and questioned document evidence to be collected. Also include at least one type of evidence from CCJS 301 (trace evidence, impression evidence, or firearms or toolmarks evidence).
Assume that you are responsible for collecting this evidence from your scenario.
Discuss the difficulties that you may encounter during the collection of the scenario evidence and ways in which following the scientific method helps to diminish these ethical concerns.
Explain the documentation necessary to present the scenario evidence with integrity in court.
Discussion
Choose one type of each of the following categories of evidence:
• biological evidence
• CDS evidence
• bloodstain pattern evidence
• DNA evidence
• document evidence
Then:
Describe the manner in which each type of evidence would be presented in a criminal trial, and what challenges could be posed to discredit each type of evidence.