Crime Scene Technology Certificate

Description

The Crime Scene Technology Certificate courses teach students to "process" crime scenes. Crime scene processing includes safeguarding the scene, locating physical and biological evidence, sketching and photographing the scene, collecting and packaging evidence and, later, testifying in court. The courses in this program are useful to police officers, detectives, crime scene technicians, criminalists and anybody interested in this popular and fascinating subject.

Crime Scene Technology

Award Type: Certificate of Completion	Initiating College: Scottsdale Community College
Effective First Year/Term: 2007 Fall	Program Availability: College Specific
Overall G.P.A.: 2.00	Total Credits: 16-18

Major Code: 5753	CIPS Code: 43.01.06
Faculty Initiator: John Kavanagh	Instructional Council: Administration of Justice Studies (01)

Development Date: 2-15-07
District Curriculum Committee Online Agenda Date: 3-19-07 to 3-22-07
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 4-24-07

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Crime Scene Technology prepares students for careers as police or civilian crime scene technicians. The program provides comprehensive instruction in crime scene photography, fingerprint classification and processing, crime scene search techniques, chemical processing of evidence, packaging evidence, and related skills.

Program Notes:

Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all courses within the program.

+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.

Admission Criteria: None

Program Prerequisites: None

Required Courses: Credits: 16-18

      AJS213                   Evidence Technology/Fingerprints  AND                        3

     AJS214                   Evidence Technology/Photography  AND                       3

AJS216 Criminalistics: Biological Evidence (3) OR
FOR106 Forensic Science: Biological Evidence (4) AND 3-4

      AJS215                  Criminalistics: Physical Evidence (3) OR
      AJS219                  Crime Scene Technology: Physical Evidence (3) OR
      FOR105                  Forensic Science: Physical Evidence (4) AND               3-4

+ AJS242 Crime Scene Processing 3

AJS290BN Courtroom Testimony Seminar 1

Restricted Electives: None

Program Competencies

1. Use the appropriate techniques to identify, interpret and classify fingerprints and explain the problems associated with the development of latent prints. (AJS213)

2. Identify and explain the problems related to the preservation of evidence and the chain of evidence. (AJS213, AJS214, AJS215, AJS216, AJS219, FOR105, FOR106)

3. Use photography and other appropriate equipment and techniques to identify and preserve different types of evidence. (AJS214)

4. Practice crime scene and traffic accident photography. (AJS214)

5. Identify and use appropriate scientific methods to investigate, recognize, collect and preserve various types of physical evidence. (AJS215, AJS219, FOR105)

6. Identify and use appropriate scientific methods to investigate, recognize, collect and preserve various types of biological evidence. (AJS216, FOR106)

7. Identify and use appropriate procedures and technology to protect and process crime scenes, search for, collect and preserve physical and biological information at the scene, and conduct field tests. (AJS242)

8. Demonstrate proper courtroom demeanor and describe the role and function of the witness and legal counsel in a courtroom. (AJS290BN)

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