CHUS 196 - Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation I

Institution:

Southwestern Michigan College

Subject:

Human Services/Enrichment

Description:

Prerequisite: None. This course introduces the complex responsibilities for criminal investigation and addresses changes in technology and society that continually present new challenges to investigators, requiring them to be knowledgeable in a wide variety of areas. This session discusses crime scenes, searches and search warrants. The student will explore how physical evidence is obtained, preserved, and forensically compared and tested. A "hand-on" approach allows the student to become thoroughly familiar with some of these techniques.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.swmich.edu

Phone Number:

(269) 782-1000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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