Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
TEEX-0297
Version:
1
Organization's ID:
FSA110
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
5 days (40 hours)
Minimum Passing Score:
70
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, or Forensics
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to educate law enforcement and non-commissioned personnel assigned to crime scene investigation.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify the information required to conduct a death investigation

General Topics:

  • Coroner and medical examiner systems
  • Types of trauma
  • Postmortem factors and processes
  • Body of evidence
  • Investigating specific types of death
  • Death investigation procedures
  • Child death
  • Decedents in a hospital setting
  • Autopsy, lab, and specialist capabilities
  • Stress
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
Supplemental Materials
Equivalencies

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