Cj 155 - Crime Scene Investigation: Violent Crimes

This course provides students with a solid foundation of criminal investigations techniques with special attention paid to: crime scene searches relating to robberies, assaults, missing persons, arsons, and terrorism, staged crime scenes, and digital forensic investigations. The course will address how evidence is prepared for court and presented in court, including how this process may differ based on the particular criminal offense. The course will address various types of evidence, sources of information, crime scene reconstruction, eye witness identification, and specialized investigations for the above mentioned criminal offenses.

Two credits.