Courses - Homicide

Death and Homicide Investigation

Length of Seminar: 5 Days
Instructor: Multiple Instructors

(Specific days that each instructor will be presenting is subject to change)

Day one:

David W. Rivers will focus on Cold Case Homicides and the Three Phases of Homicide Investigation: Crime Scene, Follow-up, Case and Courtroom Preparation.

Day Two:

Sandra C. Mays will focus on the Examination of the Crime Scene, Scene Contamination, Crime Scene Interpretation and Critical Pieces of Evidence.

Day Three:

Sandra C. Mays will focus on the importance of the Homicide Crime Scene Reconstruction through the use of Blood Spatter and Blood Stain Interpretation in the Investigative Process.
Note: There will be classroom practical exercises conducting Blood Stain Interpretation.

Day Four:

Mike J. Coker will focus on officers and other helping professionals who will be presented with ideas and techniques to assist them in investigating domestic/family homicides. This course of instruction will include spouse and child homicide investigations.

Each day in the U.S., between 5 and 11 women are Killed by a male intimate partner, between 1800 and 4000 per year. In the United States, women are more likely to be killed by their male intimate partners than all other homicide categories combined. The Violence Against Women Act in 1994 was key legislation to curb domestic homicides.

Day Five:

David W. Rivers will focus on Procedural Issues in the Use of Deadly Force, Case Law, Subject and Witness Officer’s Rights, and Garrity Issues.