CJ 215 - Investigation Principles

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Covers the accepted techniques and methods of crime scene preservation, investigation, documentation, and the locating and collection of physical evidence including the packaging and submission of relevant evidence to the forensic laboratory. Also covers the principles behind chain of custody; Locards exchange principle; methods and techniques of crime scene processing; presumptive and conclusive tests, modern forensic capabilities; compilation of physical and circumstantial evidence for court. Explores photography, drug analysis, DNS profiling, blood-splatter interpretation, shoeprints, firearms tool marks and crime scene reconstruction. None