Professor Sharon Plotkin has been a crime scene investigator for over 21 years and with her experience has written two textbooks and has presented in many venues in educating our students of today to be crime scene investigators tomorrow. This presentation will discuss the importance of accurate and dynamic textbooks to compliment effective teaching practices.

 Prof. Sharon Plotkin has been doing crime scene investigations for almost 21 years for North Miami Police. She holds a Masters in criminal justice from FIU and has training in the fields of bloodstain reconstruction, documenting and reconstruction scenes. She is also a full time faculty teaching crime scene investigation at MDC North Campus.