Course Overview
This 4 day hands-on workshop will cover the major areas of incident scene examination; from the management and control of the scene upon arrival, to the detection and collection of pertinent evidence. Students will be exposed to the fundamentals of processing an incident scene from start to finish, including in-depth knowledge in the theory of scene searching, and in dealing with the entire range of scene specific evidence that can be located and recovered. Students will learn how to forensically photograph and document incident scene exhibits, and will be thoroughly immersed in the theory of proper evidence detection, collection and documentation. Students will be exposed to the current forensically acceptable methods of incident scene processing techniques, which will be applied through hands-on practical exercises in a team setting. This course is intended to take incident investigation to the next level; building on rigorous analysis and rational thinking by focusing on the management of the incident scene and the gathering of physical evidence prior to conducting interviews.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
0.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the various types of physical evidence that might be present at both an indoor & outdoor incident scene
- Apply proper techniques to maintain control and security of an incident scene
- Demonstrate the proper detection, collection, and preservation of physical evidence at an incident scene
- Explain the various means of scene documentation available and the strengths and weaknesses of each
- Given a simulated interior & outdoor incident scene and working as part of a team, demonstrate:
- Proper scene management techniques
- Appropriate scene documentation techniques
- Correctly executed physical/trace evidence detection and collection techniques specific to that scene
- Apply principles of "forensic photography" and compare how it differs from conventional photography
- Given a simulated incident scene, demonstrate the correct protocol in depicting the scene photographically
- Explain the personal safety & security considerations applicable to each technique considered or situation encountered
- Demonstrate how to successfully locate and retrieve video recorded evidence from CCTV systems, cell-phones, etc.
Effective as of Fall 2017
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