2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Apr 23, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CRJ 162 - Investigative Photography


Credits: 3
Description
This course will provide the fundamentals of documenting crime scenes, evidence, and people through photographic processes. An elementary knowledge of photography is required.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Describe the camera functions including, aperture, shutter speed, and focus as applied to basic investigative photography.
  2. Facilitate the manipulation of the digital camera and light sources to photographically document crime scenes, evidence, and people.
  3. Assess framing, exposure, focus, and content of photographs.
  4. Determine techniques to properly expose evidence and scenes of various sizes under varying conditions.
  5. Generate standard photographic techniques appropriate to a specific investigative scenario.
  6. Distinguish legal issues involving photographic documentation of crime scene and the process to ensure admissibility of images in court.

Prerequisite: CRJ 104  



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