05 Feb Photographs Exhibit CS-1: This assignment is an application of what you have learned so far in CCJS 441 and in CCJS 301. Also, this is a process assignment. The actual conclusion i

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You have received Exhibit CS-1, a spent casing, in the lab for analysis. Photographs of this exhibit are located in the PowerPoint, Photographs Exhibits CS-1, attached to this assignment as well as located in Week 4 Content.

This assignment is an application of what you have learned so far in CCJS 441 and in CCJS 301. Also, this is a process assignment. The actual conclusion is not important in this assignment. The important aspect of this assignment is the process. How do you get to the conclusion? Do you understand the process and what happens in the lab? Yes, knowing how to exclude and include is important, but what is the process? That is what this assignment should be focused on. 

Please describe in detail the analysis and comparison of this casing. Make sure your description includes the following items:

1.  A complete description of the evidence

2. A complete description of the class characteristics visible on the evidence

3. A complete description of any class characteristics you may expect to encounter under the microscope

4. A complete description of the individual characteristics visible on the evidence

5. A complete description of any individual characteristics you may expect to encounter under the microscope

6. How known standards should be obtained.

7. How that class and individual evidence can be used to compare, exclude, and/or include the known standards after the comparison is complete.

Here are some of the readings from this class to get you started:

· The Idaho State Police Manual:   Casing Examination is on pages 12-13. Although not detailed, it should get you started.

· The FirearmsID website:

· Cartridge Case Identification 

· Striated Action Marks

· Impressed Action Marks

· The Cartridge and Shotshell Examination Module from the Firearms Training

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Research different databases : AFIS -IAFIS (1999) stands for Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System as used by FBI, Which has been upgraded to NGI-Next Generation Identification*, CODIS, NIBIN that are used in different forensic science fields. Give a brief description of the rules that are association with these databases. What is the purpose of each these databases? Describe what is entered into NIBIN and based on its functionality and how the evidence is analyzed, is NIBIN more like AFIS (IAFIS-NGI today) or CODIS? Give reasons for why you think it is more like one than the other.

*https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/government/biometrics/afis-history

Name three different etching solutions used to help an examiner restore an obliterated serial number and state what type of metal that these solutions could be used on. What are two other types of serial number restoration methods and state how they work?

Idaho State Police Forensic Services (2021).  Firearms/toolmarks analytical methods .  Please read the information on serial number restoration, from pages 46-51. 

Smith, J. (n.d.).  Serial number restoration PPT . 

Backyard Ballistics. (2019).  Real life C.S.I. – Restoring obliterated serial numbers [Video] . Youtube. 

Photographs to be used for Assignment #3:  Power Point Presentation – Photographs Exhibit CS-1 

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Discuss how you would search a forensic image of a computer, laptop, tablet, or cellphone where you did not know what you were looking for. Discuss two things in particular that would assist you in searching and how they would assist you. Also discuss what you believe to be the most significant impact that encryption makes in searching.

https://web-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=9ba45ef6-3559-4500-876d-1db7f7bd9b36%40redis

https://dfrws.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019_USA_pres-forensic_string_search_tool_quirks.pdf

https://tlp.law.pitt.edu/ojs/tlp/article/view/29/29