CJS 2096 - Crime Scene Investigations

1. Biological Stain Analysis: DNA
2. Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
3. Collection of Crime Scene Evidence
4. Computer Forensics
5. Crime Scene Reconstruction
6. Document Examination
7. Drugs
8. Fingerprints
9. Firearms, Toolmarks, and Other Impressions
10. Forensic Aspects of Fire Investigation
11. Forensic Investigation of Explosions
12. Forensic Science and the Internet
13. Forensic Toxicology
14. Introduction
15. Legal and Ethical Issues in Processing the Crime Scene
16. Physical Evidence
17. Recording the Crime Scene
18. Role of the Crime Laboratory in Processing Physical Evidence
19. Securing and Searching the Crime Scene
20. Trace Evidence I: Hairs and Fibers
21. Trace Evidence II: Paint, Glass, and Soil

1. describe the process of properly documenting a crime scene
2. identify legal and ethical issues involved in processing a crime scene.
3. describe the functions of the crime laboratory and its role in processing physical evidence.
4. describe the role of the crime scene investigator.
5. identify equipment used for collection and preservation of evidence at a crime scene.
6. demonstrate the methods used for collection and preservation of evidence at a crime scene
7. list the various types of evidence typically found at a crime scene
8. describe crime scene search methods and techniques.

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