University of Rhode Island DigitalCommons@URI Senior Honors Projects Honors Program at the University of Rhode Island 2007 Forensics: Crime Scene Investigation Case Closed Christina Parente University of Rhode Island Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/srhonorsprog Part of the Evidence Commons, and the Laboratory and Basic Science Research Commons Recommended Citation Parente, Christina, "Forensics: Crime Scene Investigation Case Closed" (2007). Senior Honors Projects. Paper 64. http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/srhonorsprog/64http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/srhonorsprog/64 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors Program at the University of Rhode Island at DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Senior Honors Projects by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact
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