Topic 1. Blood Stain Evidence

Blood stain evidence can be located at a crime scene. For this week's discussion, locate an article on bloodstain evidence and provide a summary explaining how the bloodstain evidence linked the offender to the crime scene. Please do not duplicate any of your classmates' articles.

Topic 2. DNA

There are many different pieces of evidence that can be retrieved from DNA. Choose one type of DNA evidence and explain how you would link that piece of evidence back to the victim or offender.

Use the resources on this page to help you respond to the discussion topics. 

Below are suggested keywords to try on the Find page of this guide and in any of the suggested databases below.

• blood stain evidence
• blood stain forensic evidence
• DNA evidence
• DNA forensic evidence

Finding Journal Articles and other Publications

To search for reputable journal articles, search ProQuest Criminal Justice, a subset of ProQuest Central that focuses just on the law enforcement-related journals provided by ProQuest. This helps focus your research and cuts out publication types unlikely to have good info on this topic like newspapers.

Finding Articles in Reference Sources - Dictionaries and Encyclopedias 

Looking for simple topic overviews? Credo Reference and Gale eBooks are great places to start your research.

Below is a search example displaying results in Credo Reference:

Finding Audio/Visual Materials 

Looking for more than just articles? Alexander Street Video and Films on Demand offer great visual material.