Course description
This course provides an understanding of the contribution of environmental evidence in a forensic investigation with a strong focus on forensic entomology and soil analysis and how analytical sciences can help the investigation of forensic ecology evidence types.
Upcoming start dates
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you will learn
On successful completion of this module you should be able to:
- Appraise a variety of forensic ecology evidence types
- Critically interpret and evaluate evidence collected from a crime scene to produce a written lab report
- Assess the value of environmental evidence in the investigation of crime
- Sample and analyse entomological evidence to give an estimation of post-mortem interval
- Analyse soil, evidence for provenance
- Demonstrate how analytical sciences can be used in the detection and investigation of crimes against the environment
Training Course Content
Core content
- Introduction to environmental forensic science
- Forensic palynology and botany
- Forensic entomology
- Forensic limnology (diatoms)
- Forensic sedimentology, soil profiling and soil analysis
- Case studies in forensic ecology.
Course delivery details
Course structure
Lectures, laboratory practical’s and outdoor scene practical’s.
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