COURSE TOPICS ARE TO INCLUDE:

• Development of Standard Operating Procedures Regarding the Suspicious Death Scene
• Defining and Explaining the Various Levels of Association that Exist Between the Homicide Victim and Offender (Pyramid of Association) (Solvability Factors)
• Initial Scene Responsibilities Covering Boundaries, Canvassing (Data Collection) & Immediate Leads (Sources)
• Proper Crime Scene Protocol as it Relates to Death Investigation & Homicide
• Cold Case Investigation Strategies & Review of Solvability Factors (Case Objectives)
• Cold Case Reviews
• Evaluation of the 911 Call During the Active Phase through Case Reviews
• Sources of Crime Scene Contamination & Prevention (Assessment Accountability)
• Categories of Circumstantial Evidence and Recognition of Contamination
• Victimology & Immediate Lead Indicators (High Vs. Low Risk) (Behavioral Analysis)
• Medical-Legal Death Investigation (Victim I.D. / Time of Death / Injury Recognition)
• Primary & Secondary Crime Scenes (Proper Definition)
• Crime Scene Sequence Event Determination – Model Employing Scientific Method
• Crime Scene Evaluation (Execution of the Walk-thru)
• Crime Scene Indicators Related to Motive, Manner of Death & Method of Operation
• DNA Review and Touch Evidence (Familial DNA & Phenotyping) (Genealogy)
• Specific Types of Crime Scenes & Related Forensic Disciplines
• Case Review (To Change Each Course)
• Suicide and Equivocal Death Scene Investigation – Analysis of Equivocal Death
• SIDS Review and Infant Homicide Scene