CJ 209 - Basic Criminalistics

1. Summarize the capabilities of a crime laboratory.
2. Investigate crime scenes by recognizing, collecting, and preserving physical evidence.
3. Prepare latent fingerprints for classification and identification.
4. Acquire familiarity with recognizing, photographing, and collecting impression evidence.
5. Examine fired evidence such as bullets, shot shells, and fired cartridge cases to determine type of firearm.
6. Acquire power of observation skills at crime scenes for documentation, photography, and sketching.
7. Create an accurate crime scene report for an actual crime scene.
8. Acquire an understanding of techniques and sensitivity of Biology and DNA evidence and analysis.
9. Explore the manufacture and analysis of fibers in criminal investigation.
10. Evaluate evidence using microscopy.
11. Explore the scientific instrumentation used in forensic analysis of narcotics, paints, and fibers.
12. Acquire an understanding of decomposition of the human body and view autopsy footage.
13. Explore the use of computer forensics to assist in solving crime.
14. Utilize power of observation to process a mock crime scene to develop conclusions.
15. Interpret bloodstains at crime scenes to reconstruct events.
16. Identify low explosive powders and improvised explosive devices.
17. Examine automotive lamps to determine on or off during a collision.