Below are topics for the short paper, pick a topic and research it. Explore the history if any and the gradual progression of the process or person. Concentrate on the investigation and the tools used to break the case. Concentrate on the MO, evidence found, victimology (if applicable), or evolution of a scientific investigative technique.
1. Crime Scene Reconstruction
2. Police Identification Procedures
3. Police Lie Detection Methods
4. Probable Cause for arrest, search & seizure
5. Death Investigation
6. Patterns and Trends in Violent Crime
7. Forensic Pathology
8. Sex Crime Investigation
9. Property Crime Investigation
10. Arson Investigation
11. CyberCrime and Cyberspace Law
12. Data Recovery and Computer Forensics
13. Narcotics Crime Investigation
14. Organized Crime Investigation
15. Gang Crime Investigation
16. Terrorism Investigation
17. Investigative Methods in Forensic Accounting
18. Forensic Psychology
19. BTK Killer
20. David Berkowitz –Son of Sam
21. Green River Murders
22. Jeffery Dahmer
23. John Wayne Gacy
24. Ted Bundy
25. The Zodiac Killer