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Homicide Investigation: From the Crime Scene to the Courtroom
Length of Seminar:
2.5 Days
Instructor: Steve Campbell
Course Overview:
Overview: This 2 1/2 day program focuses on one of the most important areas that law enforcement ever has to deal with: Homicide and sudden death. A death leaves in its wake a family that seeks answers, a victim whose death seeks justice and a potential suspect who must be brought to justice for his crime. The program will examine death scenes generally and homicide specifically, providing participants with a practical approach to their response to these events that impact so many.
The scene: Participants will be provided with an understanding of the importance of the scene. The session will identify the duties and responsibilities of the first responders and investigators in the initial preservation of the scene.
Scene documentation: In any death investigation an investigator will be charged with the responsibility of the investigation. This investigator will ultimately be held accountable for the integrity and success of the completed investigation. Participants will be made aware of the proper methods of ensuring that the scene is properly processed and documented. This documentation includes written reports, photographs, measurements, sketch, and area canvass.
Distinguishing homicide from other unusual deaths: While law enforcement investigators are not expected to develop the same information as an autopsy, it is critical that investigators be able to identify evidence at the scene which would be an early indicator as to the cause and manner of death. This segment reviews case studies involving suicides, accidental deaths, and homicides.
Homicide Investigation: In many cases it may be required that investigators treat a death as a homicide until it has been ruled by a medical examiner or coroner to have been caused by something else. Homicide is the focal point of this program. Once the crime scene has been processed and concluded, investigators must now go about learning as much as they can about their victim.
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