Death and Homicide Investigation - Vegas

Course Objectives and Agenda (CLICK HERE)

Please be aware that this class is a 35-hour training. Therefore, the first four (4) days of training will be 8am-5pm local time. The last day will be 8am-12pm local time.

Statement of Fact: “In the world of violent crime, when two human beings come together, that human interaction creates evidence. If we understand the behaviors, we will understand the evidence, and vice versa.”              

Course Objective: Upon completion of this course of instruction, the participant will be equipped with a comprehensive knowledge base to properly conduct an all-encompassing and most intrusive criminal investigation that is required to solve violent crime incidents.

Days 1 and 2 - Wayne Sheppard

1. Behavioral and Forensic Applications – A Diphasic Approach

2. Behavioral Analysis of Violent Crime – Application to Violent Crime Investigations

3. Criminal Investigative Assessment Process – Narrowing the Scope of the Investigation

4. Victimology and Suspect Backgrounds – Exclusionary in Nature and Vital to Case Resolution

5. Offender Dichotomies

6. Proper Consideration and Documentation of Incremental Behavior

7. Sexual Deviancy - A Laypersons Understanding of the Role it Plays in Violent Crime Analysis

8. Role of Fantasy in Violent Crime

9. Violent Crime Practicum – Demonstration of Knowledge Acquired

Day 3 – Day 5 Professor Don V. Haley

I. Identify the five most common types of wounds encountered by     law enforcement in injury and death investigations.

II. Categorize the three ranges of firearm wounds.

III. Compare and contrast the differences between incised wounds and lacerations.

IV. Compare and contrast the differences between ligature strangulation and hanging.

V. Recognize post mortem changes during a death investigation.

VI. Properly interpret defense wounds during a death investigation.

VII. Identify what an autopsy may tell us.

VIII. Identify different ways to identify DNA evidence.

IX. Carry out proper procedures for lineups and show-ups.

X. Follow-up analyzation and interpretation of evidence. 

X1. Comprise and utilize cellular data evidence.

XII. Examine and interpret fingerprint and DNA evidence. 

XIII. Utilize and apply the basics of “Parabon Snapshot.”

XIV.  Overview of forensics collection, as it applies to cases of Homicide.