Forensic science is the application of science to the law. While forensic science is used in civil and criminal cases, this course will focus on criminal investigation. Unsurprisingly, forensic science comprises several disparate fields of study. This course aims to provide an understanding of the fundamentals of forensic science through the study of each of these fields. Thus, each student should finish this class with an understanding of the history and definition of forensic science, legal framework in which forensic science is conducted, common and recently developed forensic applications, potential forms of evidence and their analysis, presentation of facts for a court of law.
To take the lab you must be enrolled in the lecture. However, you can take the lecture without the lab.
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Course content
Forensic science and the legal framework What is forensic science? The legal framework From crime scene to court Taphonomy
Criminalistics
Engineering
Digital Forensics
Behavioral science
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