Name _________________________________________ Forensics Webquest
I. Watch the video clip below called “Criminal Profiles: Part 1 of 3”. Watch only until 11:50 into the video. Answer the questions below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiI4xaUTcO0
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What is the job of a criminal profiler?
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What classifies a serial killer?
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What was the psycho squad and what did they do?
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What information led Roy Hazelwood to determine that the perpetrator was a black male?
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What profile was created of the Atlanta child killer?
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How was Wayne Williams caught? What other evidence added to his case.
II. Pick one Crime of the Century (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1937349,00.html) and analyze the case.
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Why was the case a high profile case?
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Was it solved?
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What evidence was most relevant to the case?
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Why did you pick this crime?
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What one piece of new information did you find interesting?
III. Click on the website http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/dateline/videos/five-minute-mysteries/ and watch one of the ‘5-minute’ mysteries...
Answer the related questions
1. Which 5-minute mystery did you select?
2. When and where did this crime take place?
3. What was the nature of the crime?
4. What evidence has presented itself in this case? (eyewitnesses, fingerprints, semen or blood, weapons etc)
5. What is the status of this crime today?
IV. Do some independent research, and cite your sources.
Who is…
The Green River Killer?
Charles Manson?
Ted Bundy?
Jon Benet-Ramsey?
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