Peter Valentin, University of New Haven
Lecturer
West Haven, Connecticut
pvalentin@newhaven.edu
Office:
(203) 932-7411
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Bio/Research
Peter Valentin was a major crime squad detective with the Connecticut State Police before joining UNH as a lecturer. While a state police detective, he worked on more than 500 major crime scenes, including the Annie Le case in New Haven. He is a law enforcement rescue specialist with the Connecti...
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Bio/Research
Peter Valentin was a major crime squad detective with the Connecticut State Police before joining UNH as a lecturer. While a state police detective, he worked on more than 500 major crime scenes, including the Annie Le case in New Haven. He is a law enforcement rescue specialist with the Connecticut Urban Search and Rescue and a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team and the Weapons of Mass Destruction Team of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
He can talk about evidence collection and analysis, crime scene reconstruction, blood splatter, bullet trajectories and recovery of human remains. As a detective, forensic scientist and crime scene investigator, he can comment on a case from an investigative and forensic point of view. He believes that problems often arise in cases where there is a misunderstanding about the evidence and how analysis of it affects the case. Detectives usually knew little about the science and can misinterpret the results, while lab personnel have little understanding of how the evidence actually integrates into a case and, therefore, are unable to offer insight as to what examinations would be most appropriate. He can discuss both angles.
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He can talk about evidence collection and analysis, crime scene reconstruction, blood splatter, bullet trajectories and recovery of human remains. As a detective, forensic scientist and crime scene investigator, he can comment on a case from an investigative and forensic point of view. He believes that problems often arise in cases where there is a misunderstanding about the evidence and how analysis of it affects the case. Detectives usually knew little about the science and can misinterpret the results, while lab personnel have little understanding of how the evidence actually integrates into a case and, therefore, are unable to offer insight as to what examinations would be most appropriate. He can discuss both angles.
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