CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

Catalog description

This course explores the process of criminal investigation. After demonstrating a base knowledge of criminal investigative theory, the course examines basic principles in specialized areas of criminal investigations. Specifically, the responsibility of the first responder and the criminal investigator; issues regarding the nature of evidence; note-taking and report writing; testifying in Superior Court; and most importantly, the forensic interview of victims, witnesses and perpetrators. Specialized areas of interest will be examined at the municipal, county, state and federal levels. This course will critically analyze current issues significant to this discourse of study. Through a combination of lecture and discussion the course concludes with an examination of ethical considerations.