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Crime Scene Technician Certificate
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Request Free Information - This program helps you increase your knowledge of locating, collecting, and analyzing evidence that will be used in a court of law. You will learn how to identify the boundaries of a crime scene and understand the principles of searching the crime scene for specific types of evidence, such as fingerprints, forensic identifiable material, and other items of evidentiary value.

 

Associate - Criminal Justice Degree Bryant and Stratton College

The Criminal Justice Associate Degree program provides a broad understanding of the criminal justice system and introduces the student to law enforcement, courts and corrections, as well as private security management. The program includes the study of the United States court systems, correctional organizations, and law enforcement agencies. Students study the nature and extent of crime and delinquency, and the cause and explanation of criminal behavior.

 

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Advanced Forensic Investigative Techniques: Analysis & Physical Matching of Pattern & Trace Evidence
Physical evidence at a crime scene most often occurs as trace evidence. Often this evidence requires physical matching, analysis of physical or chemical properties, separation into various components, identification of source, and crime scene reconstruction in order to link a suspect to a victim or crime scene. Knowing how to preserve, collect, and process crime scene evidence is critical to the integrity of any criminal investigation. Even if evidence collection is not part of your job, knowing how to preserve the evidence so as to maintain its evidentiary value is critical information for any member of a crime or death scene investigation team.

Medicolegal Investigation of Death
This course explains -from first arrival at the scene to the final disposition of the remains - the procedures involved in a medicolegal death investigation. In addition, it provides a concise review of forensic pathology, an overview of the many types of forensic experts available to complete a death investigation, and a refresher lesson on human anatomy and physiology. With each lesson, students will follow the medicolegal investigation of actual cases, answering a series of questions on each.

Basic Death Investigations
Introduction to Basic Death Investigation begins to explore basic death investigation, some different causes of death (drownings, fires, gunshots, etc.), and basic body handling. You will learn how to conduct an investigation of death resulting from criminal, suspicious, known causes, or undetermined causes. You will learn how to interview witnesses and prepare full descriptions of scene and pertinent facts relating to the death.

Forensic Science Awareness and Terminology Certification - $9.95 The The Forensic Science Awareness and Terminology Certification tests important concepts and knowledge regarding the terms used in Forensic Science. It attempts to assess the awareness of the terms used in Forensic Science. Taking this highly recognized certification is an excellent way for you to prove your professional prowess to employers while giving a boost to your resume.

 

DNA Forensics

The purpose of this problem set is to present an introduction to the use of DNA profile analysis to characterize human DNA samples as applied in paternity analysis and sex crimes investigations. You will have the opportunity to interpret actual case results as might be produced by the FBI laboratory or a commercial, paternity-testing facility.

 

 

DNA, The Next Generation Technology is Here!

The importance of a proper and effective approach to processing a crime scene should never be taken for granted.

 

The DNA Revolution

Since 1985, the use of DNA fingerprinting, better known among professionals today as genetic identification, DNA profiling or DNA analysis, has taken one of two basic directions, and one type of testing needs very little evidentiary material for linking a specimen with a probable originator.

 

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