Essay: Sledge Case Technical and Legal Issues Assignment Instructions
Overview
This essay (at least 600 words excluding Title page, Abstract page, Content pages, and Reference page) is based on the material provided below. Your essay should follow the current APA format of Title page, Abstract page, Content pages, and Reference page. Find at least two relevant scholarly references published within the past five years for your reference section.
You are the officer in charge of the crime scene functions in your department. You understand the collection, preservation, and analysis of physical evidence. You want all your trained crime scene staff to be competent, but this case raises issues about competence. Write your 600-word or more essay on the technical, ethical, and legal issues raised by this case. What policy, technical, training, and ethical issues do you feel are important and why? Include in your conclusion 10 bullet points on training, policy, ethical, and protocol recommendations based on the video, Chapter 2, and crime scene processing principles. Also address why and how competent crime scene processing is consistent with justice and a Christian worldview.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Instructions
Watch –Video: Innocent Man Sent to Prison for Murder – “An Obvious Suspect” found in the Reading & Study folder for Module 2: Week 2.
Read: Justice Denied: Man Sues Authorities for Wrongful Conviction & ‘Losing’ Evidence found in the Reading & Study folder for Module 2: Week 2.