FOSC 430 - Criminalistics

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: FOSC 301, FOSC 302, CHEM 301, CHEM 302.
An introduction to the primary methods criminalists use to analyze physical evidence recovered from crime scenes. The course offers an introduction to the recognition, collection, preservation, and analysis of physical evidence and its accurate and appropriate use in forensic casework. It includes consideration of latent print, impression, trace evidence, blood spatter, toolmark, ballistic, and other physical evidence with a focus on proper recovery, curation, and examination of this evidence and presentation of it in court.