Description
Impression Evidence: Shoes, Tires, Tools
Impression evidence covers a variety of different types of evidence, but each can provide evidentiary value. Consider how this week’s material may be relevant to your Week Six Final Paper. Prior to beginning this assignment, review the required resources:
Read:
An Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation (3rd Ed.) Dutelle (2016)
Chapter 9: Trace Evidence
Chapter 12: Impression Evidence
Review:
Overview of Impression and Pattern Evidence (Links to an external site.)
Trace Evidence (Links to an external site.)
Watch:
Trace evidence 2011: Soil. NFSTC at FIU (Links to an external site.)
23 Toolmarks (Links to an external site.)
Tire tread and tire track evidence (Links to an external site.)
Leave no trace – footprint evidence (Links to an external site.)
Your Impression evidence: Shoes, tires, and tools paper must focus on the collection and analysis of impression evidence from a crime scene, and it must include the following:
Describe the history of impression evidence.
Explain the common types and characteristics of impression evidence.
Explain how impression evidence is collected and analyzed.
Articulate what aspects of this week’s material you can use to complete your analysis of the crime scene in your final assignment.
The Impression evidence: Shoes, tires, and tools paper,
Must be approximately 1,000 words (approximately four double-spaced pages in length not including title and references pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text and laboratory manual.
The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
