Volume 5, Issue 1 (2017)
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Peer-Reviewed Articles
How Japan’s Cultural Norms Affect Policing: A Side-By-Side Comparison with the United States
Katrina Tran
Disrespecting the Minimum Wage: How States Limit the Opportunity for Restaurant Workers to Support Themselves
Samantha Pereira
Optimizing Collection of Trace Biological Samples from Vehicle Headrests
Kevin Tang, Jesse Ramirez, John Bond, Jocelyn Weart, Yvette DeLaTorre, Ian Fitch, and Steven Lee
Physical Match: Unique Fracture Patterns in Wooden Popsicle Sticks
Yiu Ming Sunny Lau
Minimum Education Requirements for Crime Scene Investigators
Araseli Saldivar
Book Review
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- Zayna Seyedi
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- Mary Juno, MSc