Courses available in 8 hour,16 hour, 24 hour and 40 hour formats

Forensics for Educators course includes training manual, certificate of completion, and complimentary
copy of Crime Scene Forensics Crime Scene Technician Field Guide

Forensics for Educators is a comprehensive basic course, designed for high school and college level
educators teaching courses in forensic science. Course presentations by career forensic experts will
combine basic forensic principles with real experience, to offer a realistic approach to forensic
investigations.

40 hour course topics include:

Day 1:
  
  Overview of crime scene investigation and the Importance of background information

  Coping with the CSI Effect

  Role of the First Responder

  Basic Observation and Documentation of Crime Scenes

   Forensic Evidence and Equipment

   Forensic Entomology

   Composite Drawings and Suspect Descriptions

   Documentation and Sketching


Day 2:
    
  Documenting and Interpreting Blood Stain Patterns

  Properties of Blood

  Blood Enhancing Reagents

  Lab exercise: Effect of distance fallen and surface texture

  The application of DNA to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

  Lab exercise: Impact spatter and impact angle

  Lab exercise: impact angle determination and directionality of blood drops


Day 3:
   
    Crime Scene Photography

    Digital Imaging

    Lab exercise: Documenting Blood Stain Patterns
   
    Lab exercise: Con’t Documenting Blood Stain Patterns

    Lab exercise : Marking, sketching,  and presumptive testing


Day 4:

     Fingerprint Science

    History of fingerprints

    Classifying Fingerprints

    Developing Fingerprints        

    Practical Exercise: Taking Rolled Impressions

     Fingerprint Comparisons

    Practical Exercise: Fingerprint Comparisons


Day 5:

       Legal Issues

      Scientific Method and the Law

      Report writing and courtroom testimony

      Course discussion and wrap up

   
Forensics for Educators
Forensics for Educators
Crime Scene Forensics,LLC
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