street gangs with LAVA's latest forensic science seminar
WHAT: Cal State Los Angeles Professor Donald Johnson, in association with
LAVA The Los Angeles Visionaries Association and Esotouric, present a new
lecture / demo in the ongoing crime lab series, "Insights in Criminal
Investigation and the Secret World of Street Gangs with Nick Guskos."
WHEN: Sunday, April 21, 12:00pm-4:00pm
WHERE: The Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center (Cal State L.A.), 1800
Paseo Rancho Castilla, Los Angeles, CA 90032
COST: $36.50 per person, includes refreshments
RESTRICTIONS: Due to the graphic nature of the presentation, children may
not attend.
PHOTOS: To see images from a previous crime lab workshop, visit
http://lavatransforms.org/
INFO/RESERVATIONS: http://lavatransforms.org/
213-373-1947
Turn on the TV today and odds are good you'll see white lab
coats, DNA swabs and magnified fingerprints on computer screens. CSI is hot
stuff, in fictional series ("NCIS: Los Angeles," "Bones," "Dexter," "CSI")
and documentary programming. But it's not often that the general public gets
a chance to tour a real crime lab with the forensic investigators and
educators who use its tools to solve crimes and develop new research
strategies.
Leave it to LAVA (The Los Angeles Visionaries Association), the creative
consortium helmed by Richard Schave and Kim Cooper, the married couple whose
Esotouric bus adventures have transformed the guided tour experience, to
make a real-life CSI experience accessible to interested laypersons. Working
closely with one of LAVA's most intriguing Visionary members, Professor
Donald Johnson, they've developed a series of events highlighting the work
conducted at Cal State L.A.'s state-of-the-art Hertzberg-Davis Forensic
Science Center, presented through tours and short lectures from the
scientist/educators and graduate students who work there.
Each LAVA crime lab seminar is a fundraiser, and your ticket purchase helps
provide CSULA's Criminalistics graduate students with the expensive tests
and lab equipment they need to become the next generation of crime solving
scientists.
LAVA's inaugural lecture and tour in the CSULA crime lab in October 2010 was
fully reserved in three hours, with hundreds of people signing up to be on
the waiting list. The repeat engagement in November also sold out quickly,
as did the Phil Spector trace evidence presentation in April 2011, the July
2011 event focusing on Patrick Tillman's death in Afghanistan and the
November 2011 program on using national databases to solve local crimes.
Other sell outs include two arson-themed presentations from Ed Nordskog in
March 2012 and January 2013. Space is very limited and pre-reservation
recommended for this unprecedented opportunity to tour the crime lab, learn
from experienced forensic investigators and educators, and discover the real
art and science of crime scene investigation.
ABOUT THE INSIGHTS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND THE SECRET WORLD OF STREET
GANGS WITH NICK GUSKOS PROGRAM:
Join us for our latest crime lab seminar with LASD Team Leader and educator
Nick Guskos, co-author of the 2013 text book "Criminal Investigation: An
Illustrated Case Study Approach." Nick's first talk with be an overview of
theories of forensic investigation. The tools used to analyze equivocal
death scenes will be illustrated through several of Nick's crime
investigations. The hands-on workshops, led by Professor Johnson and his
graduate students, will focus on blood spatter evidence and entry wounds.
For his second talk, Nick will draw on his significant personal experience
while delving into the complexities of gang-related crime investigations,
including the unique social and scientific tools that law enforcement
officers use to solve these cases.
By the afternoon¹s conclusion, attendees will have a deeper understanding of
the real work that¹s done in the field by forensic investigators, and the
tools and techniques used to interpret crime scenes for the benefit of
investigating officers and juries.
SHORT VIDEO PROMOTING NICK GUSKOS' NEW TEXTBOOK (warning: very graphic):
http://vimeo.com/58911468
LINK TO NICK GUSKOS' TEXTBOOK ON AMAZON:
http://goo.gl/DPCbH
ABOUT LAVA: Through participation in LAVA, a select group of creative
professionals come together to promote cultural programming that speaks to
the urban experience while promoting positive public space. LAVA's creative
partners share a love for L.A. and unique ideas for exploring it in their
work.
Applications from prospective LAVA members are being taken at
http://lavatransforms.org/
To learn more about LAVA, please visit http://www.lavatransforms.org
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