Welling School Science Dept L2 BTEC Applied Science Learners Name: Assessor Name: BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate

Applied Unit 13: Investigating a Crime Scene Science Date Issued Completion Date Submitted on

Assignment Title 13A The Scene of Crime In this assessment you will have the opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Please indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found

Criteria reference P1

To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that you are able to: Carry out an investigation to collect evidence from a crime scene

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Demonstrate the most appropriate methods to record and preserve evidence from the crime scene

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Describe the processing of a crime scene, explaining how the techniques used obtained valid forensic evidence

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Evaluate the processing of a crime scene, interpreting how the valid evidence collected could be used in a criminal investigation

Learner Declaration I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged. Learners Signature: Date: Criteria Met M1

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Welling School Science Dept L2 BTEC Applied Science Learner name Unit Title Qualification Start date Deadline date Assessor Assignment Title

Unit 13: Investigating a Crime Scene BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Applied Science

13A The Scene of Crime

The purpose of this assignment is to: Enable you to demonstrate your understanding of how to effectively process a crime scene to collect valid evidence for taking to court

Scenario: You are a Junior member of the crime scene investigation team working for the North Mercia Police Authority. There has been a break in at the local school and as part of the team you must plan, process, record and collect evidence from the crime scene so that you may be able to apprehend the people responsible Task 1 For this assignment you will be explaining how forensic scientists initially evaluate a crime scene and collect evidence for investigation You need to read the essential knowledge and data pack You need to complete the booklet crime scene investigation in class in teams and keep this as it will be evidence of your completion for your portfolio You will be shown the crime scene from the school you will need to conduct an initial search, record the scene and target at least 4 different forms of evidence. For each of the 4 types of evidence , use techniques and procedures you think are appropriate to conduct a search, record and document, collect and recover (preventing contamination) and package and label Write a short report to describe the techniques that you used to process the crime scene (bullet point this) and to explain how they enabled you to obtain valid forensic evidence. You will also need to include risk assessments (look at collecting fingerprints, blood, hair and fibers). This provides evidence for P1 & P2

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Welling School Science Dept L2 BTEC Applied Science Task 2 You need to fully describe the processing of the crime scene (a flow diagram would be helpful) explaining how the techniques used in task 1 helped obtain valid evidence

This provides evidence for M1

Task 3 You need to write a short report to evaluate the processing of the crime scene by suggesting how the valid evidence collected could be used in a criminal investigation. You will need to reflect on the advantages and limitations of the evidence and how it might be used in identifying suspects and convicting a criminal. Include a section where you have found a case study which demonstrates the importance of collected accurate evidence This provides evidence for D1

Sources of information School help sheets

Websites
http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/CollectingEvidenceCategory.html http://science.howstuffworks.com/csi.htm http://www.enotes.com/forensic-science/physical-evidence http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_forensics_collect_evidence http://forensicsciencecentral.co.uk/crimescenes.shtml

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