In this assignment, you will be creating a presentation for courtroom testimony. Instructions: Create a presentation for court testimony using a latent print and a known print. You can use the same ones from the assignment in Unit 7 or create a new latent print to compare using the fingerprint powder and ink. Answer the question “What was the result of your examination and comparison? What was your conclusion?” Choose five more questions to answer from the list on pages 117-118 of the textbook in Appendix B under the header “Expert Fingerprint Testimony – Jury Trial.” Write out answers to these questions as if you were testifying. Presentation with the following slides:

Court Presentation

Due Date: 11:59 pm EST, Friday of Unit 8

Points: 100

Overview:

In this assignment, you will be creating a presentation for courtroom testimony.

Instructions:

Create a presentation for court testimony using a latent print and a known print.

• You can use the same ones from the assignment in Unit 7 or create a new latent print to compare using the fingerprint powder and ink.

Answer the question “What was the result of your examination and comparison? What was your conclusion?”

Choose five more questions to answer from the list on pages 117-118 of the textbook in Appendix B under the header “Expert Fingerprint Testimony – Jury Trial.” Write out answers to these questions as if you were testifying.

Presentation with the following slides:

1. Court chart with latent and known fingerprint with minutae numbered
2. Answer to the question “What was the result of your examination and comparison?”
3. One slide for each of the five questions from the list and an answer to the question written out.

Attached is a template to get you started. Or feel free to create one of your own.

Requirements:

• Submit a PowerPoint presentation in APA format.
• Maximum 10 slides in length, excluding the Title and Reference slides.
• At least two resources, including the textbook.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Court Presentation

CRITERIA	Deficient	Needs	Proficient	Exemplary
		Improvement
	0 – 11 points	12 – 15 points	16–19	20 points
			points
Court Chart	Examination of	Examination of	Examination	Examination of
	the fingerprint	the fingerprint	of the	the fingerprint
	minutiae points	minutiae points	fingerprint	minutiae points
	is mostly not	is somewhat	minutiae	is accurate.
	accurate.	accurate.	points is
			mostly
			accurate.
	0 – 14 points	15 – 19 points	20–24	25 points
			points
Results &	Results and	Results and	Results and	Results and
Comparsion	comparison are	comparison are	comparison	comparison are
	not accurate.	somewhat	are mostly	accurate.
	Not clearly	accurate.	accurate.	Clearly
	discussed on	Somewhat	Mostly clearly	discussed on
	the slide.	clearly	discussed on	the slide.
		discussed on the	the slide.
		slide.
Testimony	Does not	Somewhat	Mostly	Clearly,
Questions	clearly,	clearly,	clearly,	accurately, and
	accurately, and	accurately, and	accurately,	concisely
	concisely	concisely	and concisely	answers 5
	answers the	answers at least	answers 5	courtroom
	courtroom	4 courtroom	courtroom	testimony
	testimony	testimony	testimony	questions.
	questions or	questions.	questions.
	missing more
	than 2
	questions.
	0 – 5 points	6 – 7 points	8 – 9 points	10 points
Resources	0 resources or	n/a	1 resource	2 resources
	resources that
	are not
	relevant
Presentation	More than 10	n/a	n/a	Less than 10
Length	pages			slides
Clear and	Errors impede	Significant errors	Few errors	Writing and
Professional	professional	that do not	that do not	format are
Writing and	presentation;	impede	impede	clear,
APA Format				professional,

 

guidelines not

 

followed.

professional presentation.

 

professional presentation.

APA compliant, and error free.