Bank Robbery Photographs CCJS 101 Final Exam Spring 2015 Background Information • Bank which was robbed was the M&T Bank located on the Dual Highway in Hagerstown, Maryland • Background Information as provided by Detective Sergeant on scene: • Two (2) persons entered the M&T Bank on Dual Highway with firearms and a green duffel bag. It was believed that a third person was in a getaway vehicle Background Information Cont. • The persons who entered the bank fled on foot and went behind the bank and down the embankment toward the Chevy Chase Bank. These persons continued on foot toward the Weis Market (grocery store) and in the direction of Pangborn Blvd. One (1) suspect was apprehended behind the Weis Market. • Per Detective: the other suspect on foot and a third suspect were both apprehended at a vehicle located on Pangborn Blvd. CCJS101 INTRODUCTION TO INVESTIGATIVE FORENSICS FINAL EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete all 9 questions. Make sure that you fully answer all the questions and all parts of each question. Use either the question or the rubric under each question to make sure that you fully answer each question. You should answer your questions on this page, making sure not to delete the rubrics that should appear at the end of each of your answers. You may use information provided in the LEO classroom (reading assignments, conferences, webliography and weekly overviews) or from other sources to help you answer your questions with four (4) caveats. 1. Your outside source CANNOT be Wikipedia. If you use Wikipedia, you will receive a ZERO for that question. 2. You must use citations and references to indicate your outside sources. 3. You cannot use ANY quotations; all of your answers MUST BE only in your OWN WORDS. 4. You cannot collaborate with anyone else: while you can use outside sources, those sources cannot be persons. You have the entire week to complete the exam; ensure that you thoroughly respond to all parts of the question to earn the maximum points available. NAME: 1. What is the CSI Effect? Make sure you explain in detail how it affects prosecutors, police and scientists in the field as well as the criminal justice system. Worth 10 points. ANSWER: Question # Question Part Rubric Point Value Points Given 1 (worth 10 points) Description of the CSI Effect? 2 Description of how it affects prosecutors 2 Description of how it affects police 2 Description of how it affects scientists in the field 2 Description of how it affects the criminal justice system 2 2. With regard to the CSI Effect, what would be some advantagesto using professional (paid) juries? What would be some disadvantages? Should the US keep a jury summons system where it is an expected public service for those selected to participate? Discuss and describe another option for a jury system? Please defend all answers to thes ...

1. Bank Robbery Photographs
CCJS 101 Final Exam
Spring 2015
Background Information
• Bank which was robbed was the M&T Bank
located on the Dual Highway in Hagerstown,
Maryland
• Background Information as provided by
Detective Sergeant on scene:
• Two (2) persons entered the M&T Bank on
Dual Highway with firearms and a green duffel
bag. It was believed that a third person was in
a getaway vehicle
Background Information Cont.
• The persons who entered the bank fled on foot
and went behind the bank and down the
embankment toward the Chevy Chase Bank.
These persons continued on foot toward the Weis
Market (grocery store) and in the direction of
Pangborn Blvd. One (1) suspect was apprehended

2. behind the Weis Market.
• Per Detective: the other suspect on foot and a
third suspect were both apprehended at a vehicle
located on Pangborn Blvd.

3. CCJS101 INTRODUCTION TO INVESTIGATIVE FORENSICS
FINAL EXAMINATION
INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete all 9 questions. Make sure
that you fully answer all the questions and all parts of each

4. question. Use either the question or the rubric under each
question to make sure that you fully answer each question.
You should answer your questions on this page, making sure not
to delete the rubrics that should appear at the end of each of
your answers.
You may use information provided in the LEO classroom
(reading assignments, conferences, webliography and weekly
overviews) or from other sources to help you answer your
questions with four (4) caveats. 1. Your outside source
CANNOT be Wikipedia. If you use Wikipedia, you will receive
a ZERO for that question. 2. You must use citations and
references to indicate your outside sources. 3. You cannot use
ANY quotations; all of your answers MUST BE only in your
OWN WORDS. 4. You cannot collaborate with anyone else:
while you can use outside sources, those sources cannot be
persons.
You have the entire week to complete the exam; ensure that you
thoroughly respond to all parts of the question to earn the
maximum points available.
NAME:
1. What is the CSI Effect? Make sure you explain in detail how
it affects prosecutors, police and scientists in the field as well
as the criminal justice system. Worth 10 points.
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
1
(worth 10 points)

5. Description of the CSI Effect?
2
Description of how it affects prosecutors
2
Description of how it affects police
2
Description of how it affects scientists in the field
2
Description of how it affects the criminal justice system
2
2. With regard to the CSI Effect, what would be some
advantagesto using professional (paid) juries? What would be
some disadvantages? Should the US keep a jury summons
system where it is an expected public service for those selected
to participate? Discuss and describe another option for a jury
system? Please defend all answers to these questions. Worth
10 points.
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
2
(worth 10 points)

6. Description of some advantages to using professional (paid)
juries? Defended?
3
Description of some disadvantages to using professional (paid)
juries? Defended?
3
Explanation of whether or not the US should keep a jury
summons system? Defended?
2
Explanation of another option which might be available?
Defended?
2
3. What is an Ethical Code? What are the most important
aspects or considerations to an Ethical Code? Why? Pretending
you are a forensic science employer, please develop and discuss
four important requirements (codes) for an Ethical Code for
forensic scientists. Worth 10 points
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
3
(worth 10 points)
Explanation of an Ethical Code
2

7. Description of the most important aspects to an Ethical Code
2
Description of why are these aspects important
2
Development and discussion of four important requirements
(codes) for an Ethical Code for forensic scientists
4
4. Please describe three ways in which a forensic lab can help
ensure the ethical behavior of its scientists. As, these methods
should be realistic, please explain why your methods are
realistic. Also, in light of the fact that most forensic labs are
public labs and therefore funded by taxpayers, these methods
should be cost effective as well. Please discuss these methods,
why they would work and their cost effectiveness. Worth 10
points.
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
4
(worth 10 points)
Description of three ways in which a forensic lab can help
ensure the ethical behavior of its scientists
2.5
Explanation of how they are realistic?

8. 2.5
Explanation of how they are cost-effective?
2.5
Explanation of why these methods would work?
2.5
5. Describe the steps of the Scientific Method and then describe
its application to the field of forensic science? Be sure to
describe how each step is applied to forensic science. You can
use a concrete example, such as an item of evidence or a crime
scene, as part of your explanation. Worth 10 points.
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
5
(worth 10 points)
Description of all 5 steps to the scientific method
5
Description of the application of all 5 steps to forensic science
5
6. Please look at the crime scene photos and read the
background material in the attached .pdf file (CCJS 101 Final
Exam Question 6 – Bank Robbery Photographs.pdf). Thinking
of the first step of the Scientific Method, please describe the

9. crime scene. Next, determine and describe three items from this
scene that should be collected. Using the Scientific Method,
which forensic tests should be performed on your three items of
evidence (you probably should have more than one test per item
of evidence)? Which results would you hope to find on those
three items of evidence (what results, if you received them,
would be the “perfect” results)? If you received those results,
what types of conclusions can you draw about this crime and the
crime scene? Worth 20 points.
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
6
(worth 20 points)
Description of the crime scene (using scientific method step 1)
5
Description of 3 items of evidence to be collected
3
Description of testing to be performed on each item of evidence
6
Description of the “perfect” results
3

10. Conclusions that can be drawn about crime scene
3
7. Describe the rulings of both Frye v. US and Daubert v.
Merrell Dow (do not describe the case facts: explain the
rulings). Describe how the rulings in Frye v. US and Daubert v.
Merrell Dow have affected forensic sciences and the court
systems. Make sure you discuss the effects of both rulings.
Worth 10 points.
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
7
(worth 10 points)
Description of Frye
2
Description of Daubert
2
Description of how both affected forensic sciences
3
Description of how both affected court system
3
8. What is the methodology of having a new scientific technique
accepted into a court of law? Choose one of the applicable

11. major case laws (Frye or Daubert). Explain the ruling and how
a new scientific technique would be introduced into court using
that technique. Then describe how a scientist would ensure they
can answer all the applicable questions regarding their scientific
technique to allow that technique to be admitted into a
courtroom? Worth 10 points.
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
8
(worth 10 points)
Choose 1 of major case laws
2
Explanation of case law rulings
2
Explanation of how new scientific technique introduced into
court
3
Explanation of how forensic scientist can prepare for court
3
9. Forensic science involves many sub-disciplines. Name 5 of
these forensic science sub-disciplines and describe what the
area of focus of each sub-discipline is about, including what
type of evidence would be examined by that sub-discipline and
what type of results that sub-discipline could produce. Worth

12. 10 points.
ANSWER:
Question #
Question Part Rubric
Point Value
Points Given
9
(worth 10 points)
Sub-discipline 1: chosen, focus, types of evidence, types of
results
2
Sub-discipline 2: chosen, focus, types of evidence, types of
results
2
Sub-discipline 3: chosen, focus, types of evidence, types of
results
2
Sub-discipline 4: chosen, focus, types of evidence, types of
results
2
Sub-discipline 5: chosen, focus, types of evidence, types of
results
2