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• Students are able to appreciate the various nuances that come into play during a crime
scene investigation and reassess the various decisions made in published cases with
respect to crime solving.
• Helped students to answer an open-ended question or develop a solution to an open-
ended problem with multiple potential solutions.
• Students developed skills in decision making in complex situations and were able to
cope with ambiguities
SAMPLE CASE ASSESSMENT
Case Assessment Reference Number: A
This assessment is intended to test your analytical skills with respect a particular evidence. All
explanation should and need to include analytical methods and description of the evidence
considered.
Case Details:
When the victims Mr. and Mrs. A of the burglary were returning from a family outing, they
noted a car parked in front of their house, which was stipulated to be the culprits’ Mr. X car.
When they opened the overhead garage doors, the wife walked into the garage, which was
attached to the house, and noticed that the rear door of the garage was open. She closed and
locked the door, a wooden door with 8 panes of glass in the middle. The 9-year-old son
entered the house first and made some noise. There was a 75-watt bulb lighted inside the
house in the area of the door. The chain lock on the door had been broken. As the wife entered
the house, she saw a man with a hooded blue sweatshirt coming down the hall toward her. The
man ran toward the rear door of the garage, found it locked, and proceeded to break the 4
centre sections of glass, pulled the wooden frame out, and escaped. As the man returned to get
his car, the husband caught and held him until he was arrested.
Q1. Identify the sources glass evidences to be collected from crime scene and suspect Mr X?
Q2. What preliminary test could be performed on the glass evidences?
Q3. What confirmatory test would be performed on the glass evidences?
Q4. Identify any additional trace evidence that links Mr. X with the crime?
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