Introduction to Criminal Investigation.

Catalog description

This course provides a broad examination of the basic principles involved in conducting a criminal investigation. Specifically, the students in this course learn about the general modus operandi of different types of criminals in committing; violent crimes, property crimes, organized crimes, sex crimes, cybercrimes, and several others in addition to gaining knowledge and skills to carry out basic processes of investigating these crimes. Furthermore, the course explores issues like reporting and documenting crimes and crime scenes, forensic examinations, interviews, and interrogations, intelligence gathering and security, as well the search warrant and search process. Prerequisite: CJ 201 .