Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Article 1: Schroeder, D.A., & White, M.D. (September 2009). Exploring the Use of DNA Evidence in Homicide investigations: Implications for Detective Work and Case Clearance. Police Quarterly 12(3), 319-342.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What are the three frameworks tested by the authors in this study to determine how DNA evidence is used in homicide investigations?
2. What is the diffusion paradigm and how does it explain the results of this study?
3. What is Locard’s Exchange Principle and how does it relate to the collection of DNA evidence today?

Article 2: Thompson, M.B., Tangen, J.M., Treloar, R., & Ivison, K. (September 2010). Humans Matching Fingerprints: Sequence and Size. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 54(4), 478-481.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Who are professional fingerprint experts (FPEs) and what do they do?
2. What factors affect the matching accuracy of non-expert fingerprint examiners (what were the results of the study)?
3. Do you think the subjectivity of fingerprint identification is a problem with friction ridge analysis?