Lab Purpose

The purpose should include the various topics covered throughout the experiment. The procedure section must cite the lab manual and include any details about where your investigation took you with respect to the evidence. Also be sure to note any changes that are made during lab to the procedure given in the online manual.

The data section should include a completed copy of the

As well as any and all observations that you recorded during the lab.

There are no calculations needed for this report.

The conclusion section should be several well thought out paragraphs containing a complete description of the results of each forensic test and your analysis of those results. A discussion of possible errors in the testing is required.

Answer the following questions:

What is the criteria for determining the guilt or innocence of a suspect? Does the evidence you have collected meet that criteria?
As a scientist analyzing data should you have an agenda?
Iodine fuming is used in this lab to develop latent fingerprints. What are latent fingerprints? What are some other methods by which latent prints can be developed? What are some of the advantages to using iodine crystals to do the development? What are some of the disadvantages?