CRIJ 1123 - Criminal Investigations

This course is an introduction to the principles of ethical and scientific crime analysis, crime detection, identification and management of evidence, interviewing, report writing, and crime scene management. The course includes the following: the historical origins of criminal investigation, basic concepts, and an indepth analysis of various investigative methodologies. The course specifies note-taking, reports, conduct of an interview and how to process a crime scene. In addition, the course introduces the student to the traditional sources of information, computer-aided investigations and computer crime. The course demonstrates to the student the fundamental investigative procedures of the following types of crime: burglary, robbery, homicide, aggravated assault, rape, sexual offenses, cyber crime and larceny. The course also introduces the student into the conduct of youth gang investigations, special investigations (e.g., domestic abuse, narcotics, organized crime, hate crime and arson), suspect identification and the conduct of the investigator in court. Practical exercises are conducted throughout the semester in regards to the curriculum and special guest speakers experienced in the field of criminal investigation are presented. This course is a concentration requirement for criminal justice students.

Credit Hours
3.0
Note
Due to the content, this class is not available to high school students.
Prerequisite
CRIJ 1113

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CRIJ 1123 - Criminal Investigations