forensic science 8

Due Date: 11:59 pm EST, Friday of Unit 8 Points: 100 Overview: During autopsy, the medical examiner will determine the cause, mechanism, and manner of death. The manner of death can be natural, homicide, suicide, accidental, and undetermined. Instructions: In this assignment you can use a real-life case or create your own fictional scenario. Put together a PowerPoint presentation with at least one slide each for a description of the cause of death, mechanism of death, and manner of death.

• Define each term and discuss what the medical examiner would look for during the autopsy in your particular case to determine what those results would be.

• What evidence would be found during autopsy that would lead to that conclusion?

• What injuries to the body would be present? Presentation Specifics:

• Maximum eight slides in length, excluding the Title and Reference slides. • Each slide should have speaker notes that contain a script of what would be said

if you were presenting to the class in-class. It should be detailed and written as if you are presenting.

Requirements:

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

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

CRJ180 – Introduction to Forensics

Cause, Mechanism and Manner of Death

Evaluation Rubric for Cause, Mechanism and Manner of Death Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient Needs Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

0 – 32 points 33 – 43 points 44 – 54 points 55 points Content of Presentation

Does not cover the assigned topic; assertions are not supported by evidence; paper is seriously lacking in content and detail.

Does not do an adequate job of covering the assigned topic; assertions are weakly supported by evidence.

Sufficient coverage of the topics; most assertions are supported by evidence.

Provides in- depth coverage of the topics, assertions are clearly supported by evidence.

0 – 5 points 6 – 7 points 8 – 9 points 10 points Speaker Notes Speaker notes

not added on every slide. Not written as a script for presentation. Content is not overly clear, concise, and accurate.

Speaker notes added on some of the slides slide. Somewhat written as a script for presentation. Content is somewhat clear, concise, and accurate.

Speaker notes added on most slides. Written as a script for presentation. Content is mostly clear, concise, and accurate.

Speaker notes added on every slide. Written as a script for presentation. Content is clear, concise, and accurate.

0 – 5 points 6 – 7 points 8 – 9 points 10 points Resources 0 resources 1 resource 2 resources More than 2

resources

Slides More than 8 slides

n/a n/a 8 slides or less

0 – 8 points 9 – 11 points 12 – 14 points 15 points Clear and Professional Writing and APA Format

Errors impede professional presentation; guidelines not followed.

Significant error s that do not impede professional presentation.

Few errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Writing and format are clear, professional, APA compliant, and error free.