Course description
This course focuses on the work of forensic science professionals, taking you through crime scene management and what procedures are necessary for a thorough crime scene investigation. The course will finally conclude with an outline of how evidence from a CSI case is presented in a court room before a judge.
Course Content
Unit 1: An Introduction to Forensic Science
- Introduction
- What is Forensic Science?
- Locards Principle of Exchange
- The beginnings of forensic science
- Who and what?
- Specialist forensic services
Unit 2 Scene Management
- Introduction
- Identifying a crime scene
- The location of the scene
- Crime scene procedures
Unit 3 Crime Scene Evidence Part 1 - Biological Evidence
- Key areas of biological forensic evidence
- DNA
- DNA Extraction
- Fingerprints
- Odontology
- Blood spatter analysis
Unit 4 Crime Scene Evidence Part 2 − Body Crime Scene
- Removing forensic evidence from a body
- DNA
- Fingerprints from the deceased
- Fibres
- Making an impression
- Crime scene risk assessments
- Legislation affecting the recovery of forensic evidence
Unit 5 Evidence Handling
- Packaged for success
- Recovering the item
- Sealing and labelling evidence
- Reporting the findings
- Different forms of packaging
- Chain of Evidence
Unit 6 Presenting and Preparing Evidence for Court
- Introduction
- Writing a Statement
- Advocate: assessing witness reliability
- The court system
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