Day 1: Arrival
Arrive Washington D.C. Dulles International Airport. Transfer to hotel, city center. City Tour of Washington DC. Welcome dinner. Overnight Washington D.C.
Day 2: Washington D.C.
Breakfast in the hotel. Visit George Washington University, Forensic Sciences Department. Interview with specialist on Forensic Biology / DNA, Population Genetics, Biological Anthropology, Forensic Chemistry and Biology, and toxicology fields.
Visit the new projects being developed by the faculty. The Forensic programs developed by the Forensic Faculty of George Washington University specialize in Criminal Investigation and Evidence Analysis. Their research programs are based in pharmacology, immunology, serology, genetics, toxicology and chemistry. Lunch.
Visit NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Services). Agents assigned to the Washington Field Office work general crime cases, fraud cases, and cold cases, as well as computer investigations and operations, protective services operations, force protection operations, and counterintelligence and counterterrorism operations. The Washington Field Office also has a Domestic Violence Unit (DVU), and a Major Case Response Team (MCRT). The forensic department of the NCIS analyzes every sample from those crimes. Dinner. Overnight Washington D.C.
Day 3: Washington D.C. - Maryland
Breakfast in the hotel and Check out. Departure to Baltimore, Maryland. Visit to University of Baltimore, Maryland. Interview with specialists. Lunch. Departure to Annapolis, Maryland.
Visit Anne Arundel County Police Crime Laboratories (ASCLD). The Anne Arundel County Police Crime Laboratory has been accredited by the ASCLD/LAB® (American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board), the internationally accepted accrediting organization for crime laboratories, since June 2001. The Crime Laboratory is accredited in the Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) and Biology (Serology and DNA) disciplines. The Crime Lab has two units: Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS: analysis of seized dosage unit drugs) and Forensic Biology with its Serology and DNA Sections. Departure to Baltimore and Hotel check in. Dinner. Overnight Baltimore
Day 4: Maryland - Pennsylvania.
Breakfast in the hotel and Check Out.
Visit to the ATF National Laboratory (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). The Office of Laboratory Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), United States Department of Justice, provides analytical and advisory services on matters of a scientific nature. Laboratory Services is comprised of four organizational groups: the Forensic Science Laboratory-Atlanta, the Forensic Science Laboratory-San Francisco, Fire Research Laboratory and the Forensic Science Laboratory-Washington. The Fire Research Laboratory and the Forensic Science Laboratory-Washington make up the National Laboratory Center in Ammendale, Maryland. Lunch.
Departure to University Park, Pennsylvania and Hotel Check in. Dinner. Overnight University Park
Day 5: Pennyslvania.
Breakfast in the hotel and Check out. Visit the Program at Pennsylavania State University. Interview with Forensic specialist. In collaboration with other university departments relevant to forensic science, faculty in the Eberly College of Science design and administer professional development workshops and short courses for diverse audiences: crime scene investigators, professional forensic scientists, first responders, police officers, detectives, and attorneys. PSU disciplines included government agencies, crime laboratories, and the criminal justice community to implement highly relevant and unique educational programs. The workshop will include the application of new technologies to crime scene investigation, the interpretation of scientific analyses in an investigation, and the presentation of scientific evidence in a court of law. Lunch. Departure to Philadelphia. Free afternoon to enjoy this very historic city. Dinner. Overnight Philadelphia
Day 6: Pennsylvania – New Jersey.
Breakfast in the hotel and check out.
Visit to Philadelphia Police Department – Forensic Science Department. Criminalistics is the unit of the Forensic Sciences Division, commonly referred to as the "Crime Lab", is responsible for analysis of all physical evidence, other than controlled substances or firearms, related to crimes of violence and property. Typical examples are: homicide, assault, sexual assault, burglary, etc. Critical analysis is performed in three categories: Trace evidence, like paint, fibers, gunshot residue; Biological evidence - blood, semen, hairs and Miscellaneous evidence - footwear impressions, arsons. The Unit plays a major role in linking defendants to a crime with physical evidence comparisons, and resolving conflicting statements from witnesses. The Philadelphia Police Department's Criminalistics Unit maintains itself as a full-service facility, able to perform a wide variety of testing procedures. All of the scientists in the unit testify in court regularly. Lunch. Departure to Edison, New Jersey. Visit SPEX, forensic tools supplier. Departure to Newark. Dinner.
Overnight Newark
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