Crime Scene Investigation

Module code: ARC7039-B

Outline Syllabus  

Lectures: Introduction to the crime scene, Fingerprints and latent finger marks, DNA, Footwear and tyre marks, Blood pattern analysis, Hairs and fibres, Glass Paint and case studies, Explosives and Fire scene examination, Drugs of Abuse, Firearms and ballistics evidence, Soils and ecological evidence, Processing motor vehicles, Crime Scene documentation, notes. Introduction to crime scene photography.

Practical: Packing Exhibits, Physical recovery of latent finger-marks, Setting cordon and CAP in an outdoor crime scene, Note taking and crime scene records, crime scene photography. Recovery of 2D and 3D footwear marks, Demo of presumptive tests, crime scene lights, basic blood patterns, Fibres, Firearms and ballistics evidence, Processing a simple indoor crime scene, Processing series of linked scenes.

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