IAI CFPH case studies
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The Certified Forensic Photographer (CFPH) credential is one of the certification programs administered under the International Association for Identification (IAI), the self-described oldest and largest forensic association in the world. The IAI lists "Forensic Photography & Imaging" among its certification offerings, alongside Bloodstain Pattern, Crime Scene, Footwear, Forensic Art, Forensic Video, Latent Print, and Tenprint Fingerprint certification. The IAI CFPH case studies are 5 cases and about 3,205 words.
1Black Pistol on Black Bedsheet: One Frame or Two?
You are the forensic photographer on call for a suburban police department. At 23:40 a 9 mm polymer-frame pistol is recovered from a bedroom and laid, untouched, on the black cotton bedsheet where it was found.
750 words, about 4 min2Latent Print on a Curved Glass Bottle
A clear glass beer bottle is submitted with a partial latent print developed in black powder on the shoulder. The print sits about 4 cm below the mouth and wraps roughly 120° around a doubly curved surface.
657 words, about 3 min3Bloodstain Geometry in a Small Bedroom
You must document a 3.6 m by 4.2 m bedroom with bloodstain patterns on the wall behind the bed, on the fitted sheet, and a void on the headboard. The wall stains extend from 0.4 m to 1.9 m above the floor.
633 words, about 3 min4Mixed Phone and DSLR Files with a Wrong Camera Clock
At 02:14 a patrol officer photographs a shoe print in mud with a department-issued phone. Later you photograph the same print with a DSLR.
585 words, about 3 min5Ground-Off Serial Number and a Faded Tattoo
A steel plate from a recovered vehicle has a serial number that has been ground off over an area about 60 mm by 20 mm. Visible grinding marks cross the area.
580 words, about 3 min