CJ 240 — Criminalistics II
This is a course in forensic science and criminalistics. Forensic science applies the principles and technology of various scientific disciplines to the definition and enforcement of laws and to the solution of criminal offenses. Criminalistics is the collection of disciplines of forensic science commonly practiced in the modern crime lab and in laboratory services applied at crime scenes. This course will build upon basic principles of evidence processing and analysis covered in earlier coursework and integrate them with more advanced and individualizing techniques in forensic science. These include bloodstain pattern analysis, forensic toxicology, trace evidence processing and analysis, DNA, arson investigations and computer forensics. Available online only