Dec 02, 2024  
Fall 2024 Academic Catalog 
    
Fall 2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CRJU 2256 - Homicide Investigation

3 hr(s).
This course will examine all aspects of performing a thorough and methodical death investigation. The course will address the initial arrival, securing the scene, forensic evidence, follow-up, causes and motives. Suicides, accidental deaths, natural causes, homicide, serial and mass murder will also be examined. Students will learn about the importance of latent prints, blood spatters, rigor mortis, liver mortis, entomology, bite marks, interrogations and current software to aid in an investigation.
Prerequisite(s): CRJU 2236