Course Description

CC307 Forensic Investigation 0.5

This course is designed to provide a non-specialist overview of the use and interpretation of physical forensic evidence in courts of law. Topics may include the moral, political and legal issues raised by various kinds of evidence, forensic pathology, blood splatter analysis, underwater recovery, toxicology, cremated remains, staged crime scenes, and "questioned documents." Case studies are used to illustrate these issues.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

Official electronic version updated at 10:33 a.m. March 31, 2005

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