Name: __________________________________________ Date:_____________ Period:_________
Midterm Forensic Case Report
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The topic for my report is: ______________________________
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RESEARCH: Primary Resources & MLAFormat: Internet, Book, Textbook, Periodicals, video,
Guide to finding a research source: first determine what you want to find out, usually in the form of a
question. Choose a source; book, internet, video, video download, newspaper, magazine. Scan the
materials and decide if it is worth using. Write a MLA bibliography citation. THEN take detailed notes.
Internet Sources
http://www.crimespider.com/cgi-bin/ilink/ilink.cgi?Category=Homicide%7CCase_Studies
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
http://www.crimelibrary.com use website search:
http://www.trutv.com
click on: “trutv library” or use website “search”
http://www.fbi.gov click on left column “Learn about us-History” click on “famous Cases”
http://investigation.discovery.com/
recent cases ....www.cnn.com
Newspaper, Magazines, Books, Textbook:
Morse Library has started a great collection of Crime resources. Ask Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Fagan.
Your textbook is a great resource for describing the forensic techniques used in a case, use it!.
TV Programs, Videos & Video Downloads
Scan TV channels: Discovery ID, truTV, A&E. All are good sources. If you subscribe to Itunes,
search for Discovery Channel and there are programs that are free downloads. With high profile
cases, there are often movies made based on the case. DO NOT RELY ON MOVIES AS A
PRIMARY RESOURCE!
BIBLIOGRAPHY: You will cite each stated fact in the annotated outline using (author,
bibliography #)
SUCH AS:
Websites: Author. Title of item. [Online] Available http://address/filename, date of document or
download.
Images: Description or title of image. [Online Image] Available http://address/filename, date of
document or download.
Bibliography (one page)
You will be researching information using primary resources and citing in MLA format. Use the “Pink”
Packet available at the Library. The project requires a maximum of 4 sources. One must be a book. (A real
book, cover, pages, made of paper).
WARNING: Wikipedia is NOT a reliable source. I will NOT
accept any information that is gathered and or cited from Wiki.
SLIDE SHOW & PRESENTATION: You will present a power point (slide show) presentation for
8-7 minutes on your case.
Title Slide (1 slide)
Title of historic Crime/Criminal, your name, semester, class block.
Introduction Slide (1 slide)
Introduce your Historical Crime/criminal, who are the players, what crime commited.
Part I Background Information ( 4-5 information slides)
This section will provide all of the relevant background information including date, time, and
people involved. Give a description of what timeline the crime occurred. Knowing the time in
history, gives an understanding of what scientific tools were used and how cases where solved.
Part II The Case (4-5 information slides)
In this section, you should explain the case itself including all of the details (especially the MMO)
concerning the "incident(s)" at the time it occurred. Also include the final disposition (court trial
results) of the case at the time it occurred. Included will be a slide(s) that gives a detailed
description of the Forensics and forensic tools/methopds used to solve the crime.
Part III Current Information (2-3 information slides)
Use this section to discuss any new or ongoing investigations that might impact or change our
current understanding of the case. It is in this section that you can express any personal ideas or
thoughts regarding the case, changes in science that might effect the outcome, or appeals.
Part IV Conclusion (1 slide)
A summary slide will create a conclusion and highlight important facts.
Forensic Case Report Evaluation
PowerPoint Slides and Presentation
GENERAL (2 points each)
The report is engaging and has clear topic. In other words: the audience
has learned something and is interested!
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The student knows his/her subject and is comfortable relaying the information.
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The student’s PP includes simplified information ( in bullet form)vs. entire paragraphs. __________
Student relies on his/her speech to “fill in the blanks.” In other words, main ideas
are included in presentation and minor (but important) information is included orally. _____________
Ideas are effectively presented using sensible organization. Audience is able to
follow the sequence of ideas because they flow into one another logically.
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TEXT ELEMENTS (2 points each)
The fonts are easy-to-read and point size varies appropriately for headings
and text. Use of italics, bold, and indentations enhances readability.
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Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point.
The background and colors enhance the readability of text.
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LENGTH (2 points each)
Student’s slideshow has logically ordered content slides (which
include an introductory and conclusion slide) + a title slide .
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Writing Mechanics (2 points)
The text is written with limited errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
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Graphics, Sound and/or Animation (2 points each)
Graphics help clarify understanding/appreciation for the topic.
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The presentation contains at least 3 graphics, most of which do not rely
heavily on ClipArt.
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Graphics and animations have been used to attract and maintain
audience’s attention as well as enhance subject matter.
______________
Layout (4 points each)
The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with
appropriate use of headings, subheadings and white space.
______________
Part I Background Information (2 points each)
4-5 informational slides __________
Relative and Useful Pictures
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Font and pictures are visible from the back of the room but not too big
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Student fulfills assignment of introducing topic to class. Audience gains a full introductory understanding
of the topic. The introduction presents the overall topic and draws
the audience
_________(X2)__
Presentation is compelling questions and relates to the audience's interests or goals.
The content is written clearly and concisely with a logical progression
of ideas and supporting information.
_________(X2)__
This section provides all of the relevant background information including; date, time, and people
involved.
_________(X2)___
This section gives a description of the time frame the crime occurred.
_________(X2)___
Part II The Case (4-5 information slides) (2 points each)
This section explains the case itself including all of the details (especially the MMO) __________
Included is the final disposition (court case results) of the case.
_________(X3)___
Included will be a slide(s) that gives correct detailed description of the Forensics used to
solve the crime.
_________(X3)___
The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information.
Includes persuasive information from reliable sources.
_________(X3)___
Part III Current Information (2-3 information slides)
This section discusses any new or ongoing investigations that might impact or change our current
understanding of the case.
____________
Presenter expresses personal ideas or thoughts regarding the case, changes in science that might effect
the outcome, or appeals.
____________
The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information.
Includes persuasive information from reliable sources.
____________
FLUIDITY & SPEECH (2 points each)
Student is well-prepared and well-rehearsed.
The student knows his/her stuff.
The student varies the volume and pace of speech; there is no mumbling,
and everyone in the room can hear.
Student selected appropriate vocabulary.
Student limits the amount of distracting spacers; i know, umm, ahh, like,
Student uses Power Point as aid to presentation and has not relied on
reading the presentation verbatim
_________ (X2)__
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Annotated Outline with Bibliography MLA format (Separate Test Grade) (2 points each)
Annotated outline is clearly written following the guidelines;
Typed, one page, 12 point font
_________(X15)_
A minimum of 3 sources of information are properly cited so that the audience can determine
the credibility and authority of the information presented. (X10)
__________(X15)_
1 source a book
__________(X5)_
All sources of information in the slides are clearly identified and
credited using MLA citations throughout the project.
_________(X15)_
Name: ____________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: ________
Forensics
Research worksheets
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Forensics Historical Crimes & Criminals
1. Amerithrax
Anthrax Postal Mailings Case
Suspect: Dr. Bruce Ivins
2. Al Capone
“Scarface” Organized Crime, Notorious Mobster & Gangster
3. Bonnie and Clyde
Clyde Champion Barrow and his companion, Bonnie Parker,
suspected of numerous killings and was wanted for murder, robbery, and state charges of
kidnaping
4. Theodore Kaczynski
“Unabomber” Over 17 years, he mailed or hand delivered a series
of increasingly sophisticated bombs that killed three Americans and injured 24 more.
5. Robert Hanssen
Charged with committing espionage by providing highly classified
national security information to Russia and the former Soviet Union
6. Willie Sutton
Willie Sutton acquired two nicknames, "The Actor" and "Slick
Willie," for his ingenuity in executing robberies in various disguises
7. Patty Hearst
Heiress Hearst was kidnapped by a group of armed radicals that
billed themselves as the Symbionese Liberation Army, or SLA.
8. Black Dahlia
Dahlia,”
Infamous unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, aka the “Black
9. “Baby Face” and “Pretty Boy”
Albert Nussbaum and Bobby Wilcoxson, robbed eight
banks, accumulated a massive arsenal of weapons, murdered a
bank guard, and set off several bombs in the nation’s capital
10. George “Machine Gun” Kelly
11. "Baby Face" Nelson
Kidnapping and extortion of Mr. Urschel and Mr. Jarrett.
Was born Lester M. Gillis, career criminal and bank robber.
12. Aldrich Hazen Ames
With his wife's help, committed espionage compromising the
identities of CIA and FBI human sources, some of whom were executed by USSR authorities.
13. John Gotti
“Teflon Don” a violent, ruthless mobster who’d grown up on the
streets of New York—had been in and out of prison several times in his early career.
14. Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks,
When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.
15. Dr. Sam Sheppard
The wife of a handsome young doctor, Sam Sheppard, was brutally
murdered in the bedroom of their home. Movie “The Fugative”.
16. Charles Manson
Cult Leader convicted of numerous charges.
17. John Hinckley, Jr.
Tried for his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
18. The Lindy Chamberlain Trial
A mother's cry came out of the dark: "My God, my God, the
dingo's got my baby!" or did it?
19. O.J. Simpson
20. Dennis Rader
2008 conviction of armed robbery and kidnapping
The BTK Killer, serial killer recently caught.
21. Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City Bombing
bombing of a Oklahoma federal building.
convicted of a conspiring/planning the
22. Casey Anthony
A missing Florida toddler Caylee, body found in a nearby swamp,
her mother Casey Anthony arrested and indicted for her murder
23. Scott Peterson
Jurors found Scott Peterson guilty of first-degree murder in the
slaying of his pregnant wife Laci and of second-degree murder in the death of his unborn son
Conner.
24. Otis Toole
A young child, Adam Walsh is kidnapped from a Sears and
murdered. Toole was always suspected, but never convicted.
25. Polly Klass
A man, high on booze and drugs, kidnapped 12 year old Polly
and fled the home. Richard Allen Davis, 39, a career criminal was arrested.
26. Amber Hagerman
She was the abducted and murder child whose tragic story prompted
the establishment of the Amber Alert system.
27. JonBenet Ramsey
28. Susan Smith
Beautiful and talented child was found dead in the basement of
her doting
parents' Boulder, Colorado home.
South Carolina woman drowns her children in her car so that
she will be more "marriageable" to the boyfriend who rejected her.
29. John Couey
convicted of kidnapping and
30. The Menendez Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were the two spoiled children. The boys
were annoyed that their father was domineering and had threatened to
disinherit them, so
they decided to murder him.
31. Aileen Wuornos
Female killer preyed upon truck drivers.
32. Andrea Yates
Woman drowns her five children -- one at a time after her
husband goes to work. Is she psychotic or a monster? Incorrect expert testimony causes murder
convictions to be overturned.
33. John F. Kennedy
President murdered in a Texas motorcade by a sharp shooter. The
controversy continues of who and who many were involved.
34. Dartmouth Professor
Two Dartmouth Professors (Susanne & Half Zantop) are
found dead in their home. Is it a traveling serial killer or is it a local crime spree.
35. Lindberg Baby Kidnapping
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, convicted and executed, whose
guilt to this
day, remains an unanswered question.
36. I-95 Killers
John Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, multiple-state
spree picking off strangers driving on I-95 with a high-powered gun.