COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course covers the different methods of personal identification, as an aid to crime detection, investigation, information, and as evidence for prosecution of an offense/felony. It includes the processes of recording, processing, preservation, and court presentation.


SYLLABUS IN FORENSIC 2 – PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES

Intended Graduate Attributes

The Cagayan State University aims to produce graduates who will exhibit:

Competence                - critical thinker, creative problem-solver, competitive performer regionally, nationally and globally

Social Responsibility - sensitive to ethical demands and compassionate particularly to the marginalized, steward of the environment for future generations while championing development and socially just society and an advocate of economic and social equity.

Unifying Presence      - uniting theory and practice, uniting strata of society, uniting tradition and innovation, uniting the nation, the ASEAN region and the world and uniting the university and the community.

 

College Intended Learning Outcomes

 

Graduates of the College will be able to:

KNOWLEDGE - Show mastery on the important provisions of laws and its applications, the procedures in the conduct of investigation and its application on the different nature of crimes.

SKILLS              - Exhibit abilities in the conduct of investigation, utilize state- of- the-art equipment, and articulate in the preparation of different reports for court presentation and other related fields.

ATTITUDES     - Manifest a character worthy as a public servant and a protector.

                              GAD integration performs tasks in a gender responsive manner.

 

Program Intended Learning Outcomes

 

BS Criminology Program Outcomes (CMO # 05 s. 2018)

After graduation, the BS Criminology graduates shall be able to:

1.      Conduct Criminological Research on crimes, crime causation, victims and offenders, to include deviant behavior.

2.      Internalize the concepts of human rights and victim welfare.

3.      Demonstrate competence and broad understanding in Law enforcement administration, public safety and criminal justice.

4.      Utilize criminalistics or forensic Science in the investigation and detection of crime.

5.      Apply the principles and jurisprudence of criminal law, evidence, and criminal procedure

6.      Ensure offender’s welfare and development for their re-integration to the community.

 

 

 

 

COURSE MAP

Intended Learning Outcomes

Intended Program Outcomes

At the end of the semester, the students should be able to:

IPO 1

IPO 2

IPO 3

IPO 4

IPO 5

IPO 6

1.      Discuss personal identification and its importance in criminal investigation

 

 

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2.      Discuss the role of forensic science in scientific crime detection and investigation

 

 

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3.      Identify and explain the different personal identification techniques

 

 

 

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4.      Trace the historical account and scientific development of fingerprint as means of personal identification

 

 

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5.      Understand the development of fingerprints

 

 

 

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6.      Identify and classify the different patterns of fingerprint

 

 

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7.      Accomplish the different classification formula

 

 

 

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8.      Perform the classification of fingerprints with problems

 

 

 

 

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9.      Demonstrate the fingerprint taking and recording techniques

 

 

 

 

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10.  Discuss the problems encountered in recording/taking of fingerprints

 

 

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11.  Perform the crime scene search and development of latent prints

 

 

 

 

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12.  Demonstrate/perform the fingerprint examination, identification and comparison

 

 

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Course Code

FORENSIC 2

Course Title

PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES

 

Course Credits

4.0

Semester

Second

School Year

2020-2021

Number of Lecture Hours

54

 

Pre-requisite/s

None

Co-Requisite/s

None

Number of Laboratory Hours

 

 

Course Description

    This course covers the different methods of personal identification, as an aid to crime detection, investigation, information, and as evidence for prosecution of an offense/felony. It includes the processes of recording, processing, preservation, and court presentation.

 

Grading System

Submission of assigned activity                                       20%

 

Engagement in online discussion/forum                          30

 

Quizzes, Unit Examination                                             30%

 

Major Exams ( Prelim, Midterm, Final )                        20%

 

Total                                                                             100%

 

Final Grade

a.       Midterm               50%

b.      Final                     50%

                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUTCOME-BASED LEARNING PLAN ON CHARACTER FORMATION, NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM

 

 

Intended Learning Outcome (ILO)

 

Learning Content

Teaching and Learning References

Time Allotment

Teaching and Learning Activities (TLA)

Resources

Learning

Assessment

 

 

Lec.(54)

 

 

·         Explain the University Vision, Mission, and the College and Program Learning Outcomes

·         Identify the University and Campus Officials

·         Translate the Ambisyon Natin 2040.

·         Apppreciate the content of the course syllabus

I. Statement of the Vision, Mission, Goal and Objectives

a. University Vision

b. University Mission

c. University Hymn

d. College Goal and Objectives

e. College and Program Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)

f. University Officials

g. Student Policies

h. Ambisyon Natin 2040

i. Presentation of Course Syllabus

 

 

 

CSU Website

 

3 hrs.

•       Online viewing  (CSU Website)

On:

•       University VMGO

•       University Hymn

 

•       Laptop

•       Cell phone

•       Internet connection

 

 

Google quiz

 

 

 

 

·         Demonstrate a high degree of appreciation of the early beginnings of CSU, its structure, services offered and curricular offerings

II. The CSUan Identity

1.      Historical Background of CSU

2.      Vision, mission and Core Values

3.      Organizational structure

4.      Services Offered

5.      Curricular Offerings

6.      Graduate Attributes

 

 

CSU Website

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 hrs.

 

 

 

Online viewing  (CSU Website)

 

 

•       Laptop

•       CP

•       Internet connection

 

 

 

Google quiz

 

 

 

 

·         Discuss personal identification and its importance in criminal investigation

III. Introduction to Personal Identification

1.      What is identification?

2.      What is personal identification

3.      The importance of personal identification in criminal investigation

4.      Types of personal identification

5.      The corpus delicti

6.      Philippine Jurisprudence on corpus delicti

7.      Medico-legal aspect of identification

 

Personal Identification in Forensic Examinations

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263732838_Personal_Identification_in_Forensic_Examinations

Introduction to Criminal Investigation: Processes, Practices and Thinking (e-book) https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/criminalinvestigation/

Ng, Peter P. et. al. (2007) Forensic Science.Pp. 160-161

 

6 hours

 

 

·         Lecture (google meet)

 

 

 

 

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

·         Modules

 

·         Quiz (LENS)

 

 

 

 

·     Discuss the role of forensic science in scientific crime detection and investigation

IV. Forensic Science in Criminal Detection

1.      What is forensic science?

2.      What is criminal detection?

3.      The Nature and Scope of Forensic Science

4.      The history of Forensic Science

5.      Role of Forensic Science in Criminal Investigations

6.      Role of Forensic Science in Crime Scene Investigation

7.      Importance of Forensic Science in Law

8.      What is class characteristics and individual characteristics in forensic science

9.      Types of Forensic Evidence

 

Forensic Science Plays a Pivotal Role in the Legal System

https://ifflab.org/the-importance-of-forensic-science-in-criminal-investigations-and-justice/

 

Role Of Forensic Science In Criminal

Investigation: Admissibility In Indian

Legal System And Future Perspective

Gowsia Farooq Khan

, Sheeba Ahad

International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering (Volume 7, Special Issue no. 4 March 2018)

Role of Forensic Science in Crime Scene Investigation

Upasana Borah*

NEF Law College, Assam, India

Austin Journal of Forensic Science and

Criminology

 

https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/criminalinvestigation/chapter/chapter-10-forensic-sciences/

 

The Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence in the Criminal Justice System, Final Report (PDF File)

6 hrs.

 

 

 

·         Lecture (google meet)

 

·         Film viewing (youtube)

 

 

 

 

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

•       Modules

 

 

 

•       Quiz (LENS)

 

•       Reaction paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Identify and explain the different personal identification techniques

V. Personal Identification Methods and Techniques

1.      Anthropometry

2.      Biometrics/Other physical characteristics

3.      Fingerprint identification

4.      Forensic anthropology

5.      Forensic odontology

6.      Forensic radiology

7.      Forensic biochemistry/molecular biology or DNA Fingerprint

8.      Questioned Document (Identification)

9.      Trace evidence identification

10.  Forensic Photography

 

https://biologydictionary.net/anthropometry/

 

https://www.nice.com/engage/blog/rta-understanding-the-types-of-biometrics-2513/

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/forensic-odontology

 

https://aboutforensics.co.uk/forensic-odontology/

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5422639/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_radiology

https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/emfpu/imaging/brief-history

 

https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/DNA-Fingerprinting

 

Ng, Peter P. et. al. (2007) Forensic Science.

Pp. 158-250

 

Revis, W.A. et.al (2015)

Workbook on Personal Identification

pp. 1-5

 

9 hours

 

•       Lecture (google meet)

 

•       Film viewing (you tube)

 

 

·         Laptop/CP

·         Internet connection

·         Modules

 

•        quiz/exam (LENS)

 

Reaction paper

 

 

 

·         Trace the historical account and scientific development of fingerprint as means of personal identification

VI. Fingerprints as Means of Personal Identification

1.      Definition of terms

2.      What does a fingerprint prove?

3.      History of fingerprints

4.      Origin of fingerprints

5.      Uses of fingerprints

6.      Methods of identification before the science of fingerprint

7.      Personalities in the study of fingerprints

8.      Official use of fingerprints in the USA

9.       Fingerprint event in the Philippines

 

Collins, C.G. (2006) Fingerprint Science: How to Roll, Classify, File, and Use Fingerprints Pp. 1-6

 

Badua, J. B. (2016)

Dactyloscopy Manaul and Workbook. 2nd Edition pp. 2.15

9 hours

 

 

•       Lecture  (google meet)

 

•       Film viewing (you tube)

 

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

·         Modules

 

 

•        quiz/exam (LENS)

•       Academic paper

 

 

 

 

·         Understand the development of fingerprints

VII Development of Fingerprints

1.      Formation of fingerprints

2.      Dogmatic principles of fingerprints

3.      Legal basis of fingerprint evidence

4.      The friction skin and its structure

5.      Allied sciences of fingerprints

6.      Ridge formation

7.      Ridge destruction

8.      Ridge characteristics

 

Badua, J. B. (2016)

Dactyloscopy Manaul and Workbook. 2nd Edition pp. 15-32

9  hrs.

 

•       Lecture (google meet)

 

 

 

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

•       Modules

 

 

•       Quiz (LENS)

 

 

·         Identify and classify the different patterns of fingerprint

·         Locate core and delta formations in a fingerprint pattern

VIII. Fingerprint patterns

1.      Component parts of fingerprint patterns

2.      Three families of fingerprint patterns

3.      The 8 Standards type of fingerprint patterns

4.      Focal points of fingerprint patterns

 

 

Badua, J. B. (2016)

Dactyloscopy Manaul and Workbook. 2nd Edition pp. 33-36

 

Vinluan, Jesus B. et. al. (2006) Advance Techniques in Dactyloscopy

pp. 33-51

6 hrs.

 

•       Lecture (google meet)

 

•       Film viewing (you tube)

 

 

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

•       Modules

 

 

•       Quiz (LENS)

•       Reaction paper/activity worksheet( drawn fingerprint pattern

 

MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS

 

 

 

·         Accomplish the different classification formula

IX. Classification of fingerprints

1.      Primary classification

2.      Secondary classification

a)      Capital letter

b)      Small letter

3.      Sub-secondary classification

4.      Major classification

5.      Final classification

6.       Key classification

 

Vinluan, Jesus B. et. al. (2006) Advance Techniques in Dactyloscopy

Pp 85-104

3 hrs.

 

•       Lecture (google meet)

 

 

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

•       Modules

 

 

quiz/exam (LENS)

 

Activity workbook

 

 

 

·         Perform the classification of fingerprints with problems

X. Classification of Scarred Patterns, Amputations, Missing Finger at Birth

 

1.      Standards procedures to be followed

2.      Flexion crease marks

3.      Classifying set of fingerprints with questionable patterns

4.      Classifying a set of fingers with a missing finger

5.       Reference classification

 

 

 

Vinluan, Jesus B. et. al. (2006) Advance Techniques in Dactyloscopy

Pp 105-118

 

 

 

 

• Lecture (google meet)

• Laptop

• CP

• Internet connection

• Modules

 

•       Quiz

 

•       Activity workbook

 

 

·         Demonstrate the fingerprint taking and recording techniques

XI. Fingerprint Taking and Recording

1.      Taking fingerprints

2.      The rolled and print impression

3.      Inking and rolling the fingers

4.       Obtaining prints of deceased person

5.       Taking palm prints

6.       Taking foot prints

 

Vinluan, Jesus B. et. al. (2006) Advance Techniques in Dactyloscopy

pp. 151-169

 

 

•       Lecture (google meet)

 

•       Film viewing (you tube)

 

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

·         Modules

 

•       Quiz

•       Accomplished fingerprint card

•       Workbook/sheet

 

 

·         Discuss the problems encountered in recording/taking of fingerprints

XII. Problems in Taking Inked Fingerprints

1.      Mechanical operation

2.      Illegible inked prints

3.      Temporary disabilities

4.      Permanent disabilities

5.       Deformities

Collins, C.G. (2006) Fingerprint Science: How to Roll, Classify, File, and Use Fingerprints

pp. 97-110

 

•       Lecture (google meet)

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

·         Modules

 

·         Quiz (LENS)

 

 

 

·         Perform the crime scene search and development of latent prints

XIII. Crime scene Search and development of Latent Prints

 

A.     Latent Prints

1)      Types of latent prints

2)      Factors affecting the stability of latent prints

B.     Crime Scene Search

1)      Fingerprint Examination at Scenes of Crime

2)      Points of Crime Scene Preservation

3)      Things that must not be done at the Crime Scene

C.     Development of latent prints

1)      Powder method

2)      Liquid method

3)      Various detection techniques through liquid method

 

 

 

Badua, J. B. (2016)

Dactyloscopy Manaul and Workbook. 2nd Edition

pp. 38-72

 

Vinluan, Jesus B. et. al. (2006) Advance Techniques in Dactyloscopy

pp 127-141

 

Vinluan, Jesus B. et. al. (2006) Advance Techniques in Dactyloscopy

pp. 171-222

 

 

•       Lecture (google meet)

 

•       Film viewing (you tube)

·         Laptop

·         CP

·         Internet connection

·         Modules

 

•       Quiz (LENS)

 

•       Workbook/sheet

 

 

·         Demonstrate/perform the fingerprint examination,identification and comparison

XIV. Fingerprint Examination, Identification and Presentation of Evidence in Court

1.      Latent fingerprint examination process

2.      Fingerprint identification

3.      Factors in Fingerprint Identification

4.      The ACE-V Methodology of fingerprint examination

5.      The AFIS

6.      Preparation of fingerprint comparison chart

7.      Photographic enlargement

8.       The fingerprint expert in Court

 

 

 

 

Badua, J. B. (2016)

Dactyloscopy Manaul and Workbook. 2nd Edition

pp. 93-108

 

 

•       Lecture (google meet)

 

•       Film viewing (you tube)

 

•       Laptop

•       CP

•       Internet connection

•       Modules

 

•       Quiz/exam (LENS)

•       worksheet

 

 

FINAL EXAMINATION

 

 

Course Policies:

•       Attendance – Absences may be allowed for not more than 20% (10.8hrs) of the total fifty-four (54) class hours required. For excused absences, the faculty may prescribe other requirements in lieu of the physical attendance depending on the specific requirements of the course or subject.

•       Tardiness – No student is allowed to enter a class fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled time. Habitual tardiness shall be sanctioned.

•       Late work – Late compliance of course requirements may be considered/accepted but with corresponding demerit.

•       Missed examinations A special test may be administered for a missed examination for justifiable/valid reasons provided that the special test is requested immediately by the concerned student upon reporting to class.

•       Academic integrity – Students must observe academic integrity at all times in the performance of their academic requirements. (CSU Student Manual, Revised 2013)

•       Behavior in the classroom Students must always observe proper decorum in the classroom/laboratory as well as take good care of the facilities and equipment therein.

 

 

Input for Revision:

 

 

Other References:

 

1.      Personal Identification in Forensic Examinations: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263732838_Personal_Identification_in_Forensic_Examinations

2.      Introduction to Criminal Investigation: Processes, Practices and Thinking (e-book) https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/criminalinvestigation/

3.      Forensic Science Plays a Pivotal Role in the Legal System: https://ifflab.org/the-importance-of-forensic-science-in-criminal-investigations-and-justice/

4.      Role Of Forensic Science In Criminal Investigation: Admissibility In Indian Legal System And Future Perspective. Gowsia Farooq Khan, Sheeba Ahad

International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering (Volume 7, Special Issue no. 4 March 2018)

5.      Role of Forensic Science in Crime Scene Investigation. Upasana Borah*. NEF Law College, Assam, India. Austin Journal of Forensic Science and Criminology. https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/criminalinvestigation/chapter/chapter-10-forensic-sciences/

6.      The Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence in the Criminal Justice System, Final Report (PDF File

7.      Ng, Peter P. et. al. (2007) Forensic Science

8.      Revis, W.A. et.al (2015). Workbook on Personal Identification

9.      Collins, C.G. (2006) Fingerprint Science: How to Roll, Classify, File, and Use Fingerprints

10.  Badua, J. B. (2016). Dactyloscopy Manaul and Workbook. 2nd Edition pp. 2.15

11.  Vinluan, Jesus B. et. al. (2006) Advance Techniques in Dactyloscopy

Date of Revision/Enrichment: November 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

Prepared by:

 

 

JOMEL B. PINERA, Ph.D.CJ                              

Faculty, CSU-Gonzaga

 

 

 

Reviewed by:

 

REYNOLD B. PATTAUI, Ph.D.CJ

College Dean, College of Criminal Justice Education

 

 

Approved by:

 

MARIDEN VENTURA-CAUILAN, DPA

Vice President for Academic Affairs