Criminal Investigation I

Catalog description

3 Lecture. Introduction to the theory of criminal investigation. Examines crime scene procedures, case preparation, interviewing, and basic investigative techniques. Students will be able to: define investigation and describe the goals and objectives of any criminal investigation; describe attributes and techniques of a successful investigator; define crime scene and describe the importance of protecting the crime scene; describe methods used to protect the crime scene; identify the methods of recording a crime scene and describe the proper procedures associated with each method; define evidence and describe methods of collecting, preserving, transporting, and analyzing various types of evidence; describe the importance of properly reporting a criminal incident; describe the principles, values, and uses of a proper police report; describe the steps involved in preparing for interviews, interrogation in criminal investigation, and identify common problems encountered in interviewing and interrogation; identify the steps involved in the identification of suspects in criminal investigation and identify common problems encountered during the identification process; describe the basic investigative steps involved in a variety of criminal investigations; describe the steps involved in criminal case preparation including case preparation; define DNA evidence and describe its value and use in a criminal investigation; define social media and describe its value and use in a criminal investigation.