Credits: 3Description Fundamentals of investigation; techniques of crime scene search and recording; collection and preservation of physical evidence; modus operandi processes; sources of information; interviews and interrogations; preliminary and follow-up investigations.
Student Learning Outcomes
Produce notes and reports that can be submitted as evidence in a court of law;
Select a variety of ways in which criminal suspects can be identified;
Employ techniques used to collect and preserve evidence;
Demonstrate the basic steps of conducting interviews and interrogations;
Describe the investigative process from receipt of complaint through trial and legal considerations of the investigator at various steps within the process.
