Crime Scene Investigation (Level 3) Course

Course Structure

Unit 1: An Introduction to Forensic Science

• Introduction
• What is Forensic Science?
• Locard’s 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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