Wk 2 Reflection After reviewing the PBS Frontline video(https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/real-csi/) do you believe the standards for admissibility of expert testimony, and testimony regarding the results of tests and analyses conducted of physical evidence espoused in the Frye and Daubert decisions are adequate to protect a defendant’s rights? Be sure to briefly explain the Frye and Daubert […]
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How would you explain to them the process of becoming an expert witness and how it applies to different trials?
You have worked in a regional crime scene unit for four years. The team recently hired three graduates from a Professional Certification Organization for Crime Scene Investigators. The three graduates’ specialties are firearms identification, blood spatter pattern analysis and fingerprint comparison. You have been working under their respective specialty supervisors for several years and have […]
Which two fingerprint patterns were found to be the most common in both males and females?
Fingerprint-Based Gender Classification Read “Fingerprint-Based Gender Classification.” Have a copy of this article available as you answer the questions. Article Link- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220809166_Fingerprint-Based_Gender_Classification (The article and questions are also attached “FILES” below as PDF) QUESTION 1. What question were the researchers trying to answer? 2. What five fingerprint features were the researchers hoping to use to […]
