Course Description
This unique Crime Investigation Techniques training programme examines concepts, field-tested techniques and procedures and technical information concerning crime scene investigation.
Other topics covered include:
Crime scene health and safety issues.
In this outstanding programme you are taught how to lift evidence, especially blood from an object or person and prepare it for submission to a laboratory.
You will learn how to approach a crime scene so as to preserve evidence and not contaminate the scene.
This course tells you what a criminalist actually does and how samples of a suspect’s hair can be microscopically compared with hair found on the victim.
Course Syllabus
Lesson 1: Crime Investigation
Lesson 2: First Officer at the Crime Scene
Lesson 3: Specialised Personnel at the Crime Scene
Lesson 4: Fingerprints and Palm Prints
Lesson 5: Trace Evidence and Miscellaneous Material
Lesson 6: Blood and Other Biological Evidence
Lesson 7: The Criminal Mind
Lesson 8: Firearms Examination
Lesson 9: Arson and Explosives
Lesson 10: Illicit Drugs and Toxicology
Lesson 11: Investigating Sexual Assault and domestic Abuse Crimes
Lesson 12: Burglary Investigation.
Accreditation:
Upon completion of this course you may take a final online examination. Full details of this examination are automatically sent to you at the end of the course. The examination costs €65 and is taken at home at your convenience. If you receive 70% or more in this examination you will receive an ITEC – Irish Training and Educational Centre Diploma.