Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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LET 2650 - Introduction to Criminal Investigation
Introduction to the fundamentals of criminal investigation; crime scene search and recording; collection and preservation of physical evidence, scientific aids, modus operandi, sources of information, interviews and interrogation, case preparation and management. Overview of actual laboratory analysis performed on physical evidence as if collected at the crime science for submission to a crime laboratory.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate the principles of interviewing and interrogation.
- Conduct research into a contemporary criminal investigation issue.
- Define the evolution of criminal investigation and criminalistics.
- Demonstrate crime scene processing for crimes such as homicide, rape, arson, robbery, theft and burglary.
- Demonstrate the principles of crime scene reconstruction.
- Describe the legal aspects of investigation.
- Perform the systematic process of developing, interpreting, collecting, and transmitting physical evidence.
- Recognize physical evidence.
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