Forensics & Criminal Behavior

Spring Quarter 2007

This is a fluid document that may be adjusted to best suit the learning goals of the program. It is recommended that you reexamine this web page on a regular basis. Changes will be announced in class and posted on this site.

In general, students enrolled for 8 credits need to be in class Mondays and Wednesdays, other than Week 10 (Tuesday, June 5th) when they will also need to attend class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Students enrolled in the 16 credit portion of the program need to be in class Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.  They also will meet with their groups all day either on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays (meeting times determined by group).

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You will be reading some materials in preparation for lectures and other materials in preparation for seminars.  Complete the readings before the day in which they are listed. Some of our readings are on reserve at the library circulation desk

Week One: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System and Ethics

Monday April 2	Tuesday April 3	Wednesday April 4
MORNING 9:00 - 12:00 LH 4 Introduction to the Program and Lecture: Introduction to sociology and criminal justice ethics AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00 LH 4 READ: Forensic Science chpt 15 (Techniques of DNA analysis) --on closed reserve READ: CJ in Action chpts 1 & 2 (Intro to CJS)	MORNING 8:30 - 12:00 CAB 110 Character development and acting workshop with Brian Walter; Team formation workshop AFTERNOON 1:30 - 4:00 Sem 2, B 1107 Discussion of the spring quarter project; Taking minutes workshop; Team building workshop	10:00 - 12:00 Sharon (Lab 1, 2033) Toska (Lab 2, 2207) Rebecca (Lab 2, 2211) Seminar on O.J. Simpson Piece READ: "O.J. Simpson (1994): When Money Met Science" pp. 214-229 in Evans. 2003. A Question of Evidence --on closed reserve DUE: Seminar Assignment

Week Two: Ethics and DNA

Monday April 9	Tuesday April 10	Wednesday April 11
MORNING 9:00 - 11:00 LH 4 Lecture: How to approach fiction; Discussion on Film and also Proof Positive AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00 LH 4 Lecture: Crime Data and Ethics in law enforcement (T's notes) READ: CJ in Action chpt 3 (Defining and Measuring Crime; chpt 4 optional) READ: Proof Positive by Philip Margolin	MORNING 9:00 - 12:00 Sem 2, B 2105 Team covenant development workshop; CSI: Evergreen discussion with Peter Robinson AFTERNOON 1:00 - 4:30 Team Meetings in assigned team rooms LH 30 (rotunda) Sem 2, B 3105 Sem 2, C 3105 Sem 2, B 2105 Sem 2, C 2105 Sem 2, D 2105 READ: Crime Classification Manual chpt 6--on closed reserve (bringing a copy would be useful) DUE individually at 1:00: 2-3 classifications with explanations	10:00 - 12:00 Sharon (Lab 1, 2033) Toska (Lab 2, 2207) Rebecca (Lab 2, 2211) Seminar on Proof Positive by Philip Margolin DUE: Seminar Assignment DUE as a team (16-credit only): Team Covenant --submit to Rebecca or Sharon, as assigned

Week Three: Law Enforcement

Monday April 16	Tuesday April 17	Wednesday April 18
MORNING 9:00 - 11:00 LH 4 Guest Speaker: Sam Costello-- "cop on the beat" stories from law enforcement AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00 LH 4 Lecture: DNA READ: True Blue by Randy Sutton DUE at 1:00: HW # 1 from CJ text	MORNING 9:00 - 12:00 Team Meetings in assigned team rooms LH 30 (rotunda) Sem 2, B 3105 Sem 2, C 3105 Sem 2, B 2105 Sem 2, C 2105 Sem 2, D 2105 AFTERNOON 1:00 - 4:30 Team Meetings in assigned team rooms LH 30 (rotunda) Sem 2, B 3105 Sem 2, C 3105 Sem 2, B 2105 Sem 2, C 2105 Sem 2, D 2105 DUE individually at 9:00:Team evaluation form for week three DUE as a team at 9:00: Preliminary drafts of: Description of the Crime; 9-1-1 transcript; Witness/Suspect Statements; Crime Classification--Profiling and Crime Analysis--Explanation	10:00 - 12:00 Sharon (Lab 1, 2033) Toska (Lab 2, 2207) Rebecca (Lab 2, 2211) Seminar on True Blue by Randy Sutton DUE: Seminar Assignment DUE: 4 or more copies of peer teaching prep DUE as a team (16-credit only): Workshop title, outline and supply list for the science carnival--turn in to Sharon

Week Four: Law Enforcement Cont.

Monday April 23	Tuesday April 24	Wednesday April 25
MORNING 9:00 - 11:00 LH 4 Guest Speaker: Thurston County Sheriff Dan Kimball AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00 LH 4 Guest Speakers: Greg Jennings, Chief Council for the FBI & Laura Laughlin, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI READ: CJ in Action chpts 5, 6, & 7 (Police and Law Enforcement) DUE quietly to seminar faculty member at 9:00 : compilation of individual chapter assignments for peer teaching	8:30 - 9:45 CAB 110 Character development and acting workshop with Brian Walter 10:00 - 12:00 Team Meetings in assigned team rooms LH 30 (rotunda) Sem 2, B 3105 Sem 2, C 3105 Sem 2, B 2105 Sem 2, C 2105 Sem 2, D 2105 1:00 - 4:30 Team Meetings in assigned team rooms DUE as a team at 9:00: Photocopies of the minutes notebook; Description of the Crime; 9-1-1 transcript; Witness/Suspect Statements; Crime Classification--Profiling and Crime Analysis--Explanation; Medical Examiner Report; Evidence List	10:00 - 12:00 CAB 110 Guest Speaker: Federal Air Marshall Bill Sickert-Bush DUE: Reflection / Reaction Log

Week Five: Criminal Courts

Monday April 30	Tuesday May 1	Wednesday May 2
MORNING 9:00 - 11:00 LH 4 Guest Speaker: Siri Woods from the Chelan County Clerk's office AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00 LH 4 Guest Speaker: Thurston County Prosecutor Ed Holm READ: CJ in Action chpts 8, 9, & 10 (Criminal Courts)	9:00 - 12:00 Team Meetings in assigned team rooms LH 30 (rotunda) Sem 2, B 3105 Sem 2, C 3105 Sem 2, B 2105 Sem 2, C 2105 Sem 2, D 2105 1:00 - 4:30 Lab 2 1234 & 1241 (Laboratory) CSI: Evergreen Practice DUE individually at 9:00: Team evaluation form for week five DUE as a team by 4:30: Revised/Finalized CSI: Evergreen workshop design and supply list--submit to Sharon	10:00 - 12:00 Sharon (Lab 1, 2033) Toska (Lab 2, 2207) Rebecca (Lab 2, 2211) Debate # 1: "Should the death penalty be abolished?" "Should DNA samples from all convicted felons be kept in a national DNA database?" DUE: Organized arguments; Annotated Bibliography; Observer response form DUE: See peer teaching assignment for items due today and also by friday

Week Six: Court System Cont.

Monday May 7	Tuesday May 8	Wednesday May 9
MORNING 9:00 - 10:30 LH 4 Guest Speaker: TESC police officer Pam Garland 10:45 - 12:00 Peer Teaching Prep and Practice Session Sharon (Sem 2, A 2107) Toska (Sem 2, A 2109) Rebecca (Sem 2, A 3109) AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00 LH 4 Guest Speaker: Tim Podhora--"The financial structure of Clark County Corrections" DUE: HW # 2 from CJ text DUE: individual assignments from the revised peer teaching projects (These assignments were determined during seminar in week five.)	8:30 - 11:30 Set up Crime Scenes in assigned team rooms LH 30 (rotunda) Sem 2, B 3105 Sem 2, C 3105 Sem 2, B 2105 Sem 2, C 2105 Sem 2, D 2105 12:00 - 3:30 Investigate Crime Scenes (Remain in your room until another team reaches you. Rotations to the rooms will start at 11:55.) 3:30 - 5:00 Clean-up the crime scene your team created DUE as a team by 11:30: Three Handouts for the team to investigate your scene (9-1-1 transcript, top page of the medical examiner report, short list of suspects/witnesses--including the evidence coordinators name and email address)	FIELD TRIP Field trip to the courts (in Olympia) with Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court, Justice Alexander We need to meet on the steps of the Temple of Justice (across from the capital building) at 9:50 AM. You are responsible for getting yourself to the Temple of Justice. (Bus Route # 41 will be leaving the campus bus loop at 8:27 AM, with either a walk or DASH shuttle to the Temple of Justice: If you drive you may want to bring change so you can park at the meters near the Farmer's Market.) We should be back to campus by 2:00 PM.

Search warrant requests and questions to the medical examiner are due to the evidence coordinator by 5:00 on Friday.


Week Seven: Prisoner Facilities

Monday May 14	Tuesday May 15	Wednesday May 16
MORNING 9:00 - 11:00 LH 4 Guest Speaker: Prison psychologist Iris Rucker AFTERNOON 12:30 - 3:00 LH 4 Peer Teaching READ: CJ in Action chpts 11, 12, 13, & 14 (Corrections and Juvenile Justice System) DUE at 1:00: Peer Teaching Materials and Evaluations of Peer Teaching	8:30 - 12:00 Lab 2 1234 & 1241 (Laboratory) Open Lab Time for Evidence Analysis 1:10 - 4:30 Lab 2 1234 & 1241 (Laboratory) Open Lab Time for Evidence Analysis Suspect Interviews will also take place throughout the day. Interview schedules with room locations will be established and distributed prior to this week. DUE individually at 8:30: Team evaluation form for week seven DUE as a team at 8:30: Interview Questions; Criminal Investigative Analysis	9:00 - 12:00 Lab 2, 2207 Guest Speakers from Maple Lane DUE: Reflection / Reaction Log (includes the courthouse assignment) ACADEMIC FAIR IS TODAY 4:00 - 6:00

Search warrant requests and questions to the medical examiner are due to the evidence coordinator by 5:00 on Friday.


Week Eight: Corrections Cont.

Monday May 21	Tuesday May 22	Wednesday May 23
9:00 - 10:30 Sharon (Sem 2, A 2107) Toska (Sem 2, A 2109) Rebecca (Sem 2, A 3109) READ: Courtroom 302 by Steve Bogira DUE 9:00:Seminar Assignment 11:00 - 12:00 LH 4 Exam on the Criminal Justice System AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00 LH 4 Guest Speaker: Craig Apperson--"Threat Assessment in Schools, Prisons, and Everyday Life"	8:30 - 12:00 Lab 2 1234 & 1241 (Laboratory) Open Lab Time for Evidence Analysis 1:10 - 4:30 Lab 2 1234 & 1241 (Laboratory) Open Lab Time for Evidence Analysis Suspect Interviews will also take place throughout the day. Interview schedules with room locations will be established and distributed prior to this week. DUE as a team at 8:30: Interview Questions; Photocopies of the minutes notebook	FIELD TRIP Field trip to Prison in Shelton Additional travel details will follow. Approximate time involved, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Be sure to pick-up a prison reflection assignment as you leave the prison facility. (Van drivers will have the assignments.)

Week Nine: Debating Societal Response to Criminals

Monday May 28	Tuesday May 29	Wednesday May 30
School Holiday No Class Meeting   Begin Reading : Preventing Violence by James Gilligan	9:00 - 12:00 9:00 Everyone in Sem 2, B3105 Team Meetings in assigned team rooms LH 30 (rotunda) Sem 2, B 3105 Sem 2, C 3105 Sem 2, B 2105 Sem 2, C 2105 changed to Sem 1, 4105 Sem 2, D 2105 changed to Sem 1, 4103 1:00 - 4:30 Team Meetings in assigned team rooms DUE individually at 9:00 : Ideas/Outline/Sketches for your envisioning of the team presentation DUE as a team at 9:00: Laboratory Findings Report; Interview Account	10:00 - 12:00 Sharon (Lab 1, 2033) Toska (Lab 2, 2207) Rebecca (Lab 2, 2211) Seminar on Going Up the River by Joseph Hallinan DUE: Seminar Assignment DUE: Reflection / Reaction Log (includes the prison assignment) READ: Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation by Joseph Hallinan

Week nine is the week of the science carnival. The science carnival runs ~10 to 4 on Friday and Saturday of this week. Your group will be presenting one or both of these days.

Week Ten: Questioning Students; Looking Forward

Monday June 4	Tuesday June 5	Wednesday June 6
Morning 9:00 - 11:00 Sharon (Sem 2, A 2107) Toska (Sem 2, A 2109) Rebecca (Sem 2, A 3109) Seminar on Preventing Violence by James Gilligan AFTERNOON 1:00 - 3:00 LH 4 Guest Speaker: David Altheide, author of Terrorism and The Politics of Fear READ: Preventing Violence by James Gilligan READ:"Crime and Terrorism" ch. 4 in Altheide's Terrorism and The Politics of Fear--on closed reserve DUE 9:00: Seminar Assignment	ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR ALL THREE OF THE PRESENTATION TIME SLOTS 9:00 - 11:00 LH 1 Crime Scene Presentations 12:00 - 2:00 LH 1 Crime Scene Presentations 3:00 - 5:00 LH 1 Crime Scene Presentations DUE individually at 9:00 (16-credit only): Team evaluation form for week ten DUE as a team at 9:00 (16-credit only): Minutes Notebook DUE individually (all students): Jury forms--collected after each presentation. Be sure to bring six jury forms with you if you are an 8-credit student, or four jury forms with you if you are a 16-credit student.	10:00 - 12:00 Lab 2, 2207 and Lab 2, 2211 (these rooms are in close proximity) Potluck; Reading of the jury verdicts; Explanation of the crime scenes by the groups that created them DUE at 10:00: Reflection / Reaction Log; Yummy food to share Due by 1:00: Program Portfolios--outside seminar faculty office (include the program exit survey)

Week Eleven: Evaluation Week
Each student must attend a scheduled evaluation conference.  Do not make plans to leave campus before June 15th, the end of the quarter.  Bring 3 signed copies of your self-evaluation and one signed faculty evaluation for each faculty member on the official forms.  Write separate faculty evaluations for all three faculty members.  Conferences will be scheduled with your seminar faculty member.

 

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