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Course Objectives:
Law enforcement officers, when assigned to investigate Death and Homicide investigations are placed in a position of responsibility that quite frankly, failure is not an accepted option. Within the rank and file of the agency, to society at large, people place demands upon officers to solve crimes as quickly as possible. Fair or unfair as it may be, it is a reality that each officer senses and thus compels him or her to produce results. However, as with any discipline, when human resources are rushed, regardless of the endeavor, mistakes are made. Things are overlooked. To reiterate, when a person is physically assaulted, or worst human life itself is taken through violence, failure is not an option. People who victimize others must be held accountable for crimes committed and the criminal justice system is the government arm that must provide the resources necessary to bring justice to bear.
Course Overview:
This course covers several broad aspects related to homicide investigation, referred to here as tasks, tactics, and tools. Investigation goals include preserving the crime scene and gathering evidence, establishing the victim's identity, determining cause and time of death, finding, and interviewing witnesses, reconstructing the victim's last hours or days, establishing suspect identities, locating suspects, and arresting suspects and preparing for prosecution. Investigators must consider homicide statistics, types of homicides, and methods of committing homicide during this stage. Tactics used in the investigation relate to the initial police response, suspect handling, victim identification, forensic medical examination, evidence collection, and media relations.
To accomplish this, participants will be exposed to a myriad of topics with an emphasis on understanding the motivating factors of offenders. Additionally, utilizing actual cases, participants will be instructed on how to conduct crime scene assessments and then apply that knowledge to death and Homicide investigation.
The 5-day course of instruction will culminate with a case practicum for the participants to demonstrate their newly acquired proficiency.
Topics Covered:
1. Multidisciplinary Team Approach - Identifying the Need for Standardization
2. Forensic Science and Victimology
3. Crime Scene Analysis
4. Forensic Science and CSI Role in Investigation
5. Criminal Investigation case study
6. Teamwork model, and Investigative resources
7. Pre-Incident Planning
8. Forensic Science
9. Formulation of Investigative, Interview and Trial Strategies
10. Understanding Crime Scenes
11. Evidence Collection
12. DNA Evidence
13. Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Homicide investigations
14. Investigative Genetic Genealogy Case Review
15. Blood Splatter Analysis
16. Basic Gunshot Wound Analysis
17. Interview and Interrogation
18. Technology of Death and Homicide Investigations
19. Suspicious Death Investigations
20. Behaviorally Based Interviewing
21. No Body Homicide, missing persons turned Homicide case study.
22. Fetish/Sexual fantasy Homicides
23. Case Practicums