Rules of Evidence

Catalog description

Three lecture. Understanding of the rules of evidence which most often affect personnel concerned with the administration of the criminal law. Students will be able to: demonstrate by their scores on written assignments and exams, mastery of the basic rules of evidence and skills necessary to perform the following: problem solving techniques; instruction interpretation; understanding of criminal justice vocabulary; explain the structure of the rules of evidence; how a given agency develops the systems and tactics for establishing criminal evidence regulations and rules for preservation purposes; describe the management and organizational processes which affect evidence procedures for the agency; describe the impact which the choice of a particular system for evidence preservation may have on the outcome of a court trial.