Criminal Investigation

Catalog description

This course addresses the techniques, procedures, and ethical issues in the investigation of crime, including organization of the investigative process, crime scene searches, interviewing and interrogating, surveillance, source of information, utility of evidence, scientific analysis of evidence and the role of the investigator in the trial process. This course also includes the fundamentals of investigation: collection and preservation of physical evidence, scientific aids, modus operandi, sources of information, fingerprints, polygraphs, follow-up, and case preparation. (C-ID AJ 140) Transfer: CSU