Assignment 1: Crime-Reduction Strategies CRJ 400 – Crime Prevention Strategies Strayer University Crime-Reduction Strategies Abstract There are many different methods that are being used to reduce crime; at the very same time, crime rates continue to rise within the city. Programs and strategies are being implemented to target the infrastructure in the City of Laurel […]
Portfolio Project Consulting on the Jodi Arias Case CRJ336 – Criminal Investigation Colorado State University Global CASE OVERVIEW In 2006, while working for Prepaid Legal Services, Jodi Arias met Travis Alexander. Travis Alexander was a salesman and motivational speaker for the company. The two quickly developed a sexual relationship and continued to communicate daily through
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Public Surveillance Camera Limits CRJ336 Criminal Investigation Colorado State University Global Closed circuit television, more commonly known as CCTV, offers the general public a secure medium in which to monitor, well, pretty much anything that they want. Surveillance cameras are used pretty much everywhere, from our homes to our major roadways, and all for pretty
The Hearsay Rule CRJ335 – Laws of Evidence Colorado State University Global The Federal Rules of Evidence defines hearsay as “a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted” (Gardner & Anderson, 2016). It does not take
Portfolio Project State v. Lauren CRJ335 – Laws of Evidence Colorado State University Global THE CASE – State v. Lauren Ben was driving a rental car when he was pulled over by Officer Dan. Ben was going 70 miles an hour in a 65 mile an hour zone when he was stopped. While stopped, Ben
Jodi Arias: Prosecution’s Evidence CRJ336 Criminal Investigation Colorado State University Global PIECES OF EVIDENCE Bloody Handprint At the scene of the crime, Alexander’s bathroom, investigators had found Arias’ handprint on the bathroom wall. The handprint was in blood. Two DNA profiles were taken from the handprint. Those profiles turned out to be Alexander’s and Arias’
Death Investigations CRJ336 Criminal Investigation Colorado State University Global Death can have many aspects in an investigation. There are five manners of death: Natural, Accident, Suicide, Homicide and Undetermined (Orthmann, Hess & Cho, 2017). Manner of death is the determination of how the injury or disease leads to death, which, in a death investigation, is
History of Fingerprints in Trials CRJ335 – Laws of Evidence Colorado State University Global The History of Fingerprinting No two people on this plant have the same fingerprints. They are as unique to each individual as every snowflake that falls from the sky. The fact that fingerprints are unique them useful, not just in identifying
Evidence in the Scott Peterson Trial CRJ335 Laws of Evidence Colorado State University Global Scott Lee Peterson was charged with first and second degree murder of his wife, Laci Peterson and their unborn baby, Connor Peterson. In 2002, Laci went missing the day before Christmas (History, 2009). When questioned by police, Scott told them that
Exemption to the Exclusionary Rule CRJ335 – Laws of Evidence Colorado State University Global Keith Scott was charged with third-degree murder and plead no contest to the charges. Scott served ten years of a 10 to 20 year sentence before being released on parole in 1993. In 1994, just five months after he was paroled,