Assignment:
DISCUSSIONS
Role of the prosecutor
For this assignment, you will participate in a discussion about the role of the prosecutor in making a decision to prosecute an accused on the basis of guilt or innocence. What is the role of a prosecutor? Is is possible for a prosecutor to be unbias?
Working with Informants
For this assignment, you will participate in a discussion about why the use of informants has been called a "dirty business" and what an investigator can do to guard against the pitfalls of working closely with informants
Sketching a Crime Scene
For this assignment, you will participate in a discussion of the importance of sketching as opposed to other means of recording what happened at a crime scene.
Marks of Violence
How do you think an investigator will be able to determine what happened between a husband and his wife, if one claims domestic violence? What is there are no markings?
ASSIGNMENTS
Unit 1- Invesitgative Interview
Create an interview form, a document that an investigator would use that an Investigator would use when interviewing a witness to a hit and run accident. Be detailed and thorough. Remember, you are the investigator. You should have a minimum of 25 questions.
What questions would you ask? What information is needed to solve this hit and run accident?
Unit 2 Admissiblity of Digital Photos in Court
Draft a 4 page paper on the admissibility of digital photos in a trial. Be sure to proof read your paper. Do NOT start your paper half way down the page. Please include the resources that you used to obtain the information for this paper. Discuss the fallibility of digital photos and the legal problems that could occur. Include a title page. Please use 12 font for the entire paper.
Add a Reference page, which outlines the resources used. Follow APA format for your resources. If you do not know APA format, look it up online or go to handouts and read the material provided.