Crime Scene Investigation Lab

Catalog description

Laboratory studies of how biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics concepts and methods are used to recognize, locate, document, and recover evidence at various types of crime scenes. Topics and techniques relating to scene security, documentation, search procedures, chain of custody, and the recognition, recovery, and preservation of different classes of evidence will be discussed. Class discussion and laboratory exercises will examine and demonstrate how each specialty may be utilized during the course of a crime scene investigation.