The Crime Lab: Staples High School Forensics

	The Crime Lab: Staples High School Forensics
	Mr. Lazaroff & Mr. Rollison

"Wherever he steps, whatever he touches, whatever he leaves, even unconsciously, will serve as a silent witness against him. Not only his fingerprints or his footprints, but his hair, the fibers from his clothes, the glass he breaks, the tool mark he leaves, the paint he scratches, the blood or semen he deposits or collects. All of these and more, bear mute witness against him. This is evidence that does not forget. It is not confused by the excitement of the moment. It is not absent because human witnesses are. It is factual evidence. Physical evidence cannot be wrong, it cannot perjure itself, it cannot be wholly absent. Only human failure to find it, study and understand it, can diminish its value."

- - The late chemist Paul L. Kirk, from Crime Investigation, 2nd Edition, J.J. Thornton, ed., 1974, p.2. This quote was inspired by Professor Edmond Locard, the father of Locard's Exchange Principle.

Online Textbook:

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/online_textbook.htm

Written by Michael Lazaroff & David Rollison

Philosophy:

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/philosophy.htm

Course Outcomes:

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/outcomes.htm

Syllabus:

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/syllabus.htm

Lab Format:

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/lab_format.htm

Forensics Links:

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/links.htm

Information to Read, Sign, and Return:

Lab Safety Agreement:

This letter needs to be signed by the student and a parent/guardian and then returned within the first 2 weeks of class.

Mr. Lazaroff's Classes:     http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/mjvl/lazaroff/lab_safety_agreement.doc

Mr. Rollison's Classes:     http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/lab_safety_agreement.doc

Parent Information Letter:

This letter needs to be signed by the student and a parent/guardian and then returned within the first 2 weeks of class. It includes information specific to the forensics class.

         http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/parent_letter.doc

Class Rules and Expectations:

Check with your teacher, or on Blackboard, for a copy of your teacher's class rules.

Letter from our Principal, Mr. John Dodig, and our former Science Department Chair, Dr. Harry Rosvally:

NOTE: This letter is ONLY to be read, and it does NOT need to be returned and signed!

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/mjvl/science/lab_safety_letter.doc

The Crime Lab: Staples High School Forensics

Philosophy:

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/philosophy.htm

Course Outcomes:

Syllabus:

Lab Format:

Forensics Links:

Information to Read, Sign, and Return:

Lab Safety Agreement:

This letter needs to be signed by the student and a parent/guardian and then returned within the first 2 weeks of class.

Parent Information Letter:

This letter needs to be signed by the student and a parent/guardian and then returned within the first 2 weeks of class. It includes information specific to the forensics class.

Class Rules and Expectations:

Letter from our Principal, Mr. John Dodig, and our former Science Department Chair, Dr. Harry Rosvally:

NOTE: This letter is ONLY to be read, and it does NOT need to be returned and signed!

The Crime Lab:
Staples High School Forensics