Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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LET 1450 - Introduction to Criminalistics and Forensic Science
Survey of systematic collection of evidence and potentialities with recommendations from applied science regarding criminal investigation. Includes demonstration of techniques used in processing criminal evidence and practical experience in selected crime scene processing, crime lab methods, and forensic science. Overview of actual laboratory analysis performed on physical evidence, as if submitted to a crime laboratory. Importance of maintaining the integrity of physical evidence, quantities required to conduct analysis, and how to prepare physical evidence for court presentation reviewed.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate an overview of contemporary DNA analysis and forensic odontology in the investigative process.
- Articulate the role of the crime laboratory in an arson investigation.
- Conduct a simulated ballistics examination from a simulated crime scene.
- Define the various bloodstain patterns and interpret simulated patterns.
- Discuss controlled substances and recognize the signs of clandestine laboratories.
- Recognize explosives evidence and conduct a microscopic analysis of simulated explosives.
- Recognize fingerprint patterns and lift a latent fingerprint at a simulated crime scene.
- Understand the role of forensics in the criminal investigation process.
- Understand the role of the coronor’s office and the role of the forensic pathologist.
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