Investigation and Evidence Collection Cranfield University

Overview

What you will learn

On successful completion of the Investigation and Evidence Collection course offered by Cranfield University you will be able to:

• Analyse and evaluate various different strategies of major scene investigation to consider the various effects of different approaches

• Appraise the range of evidence collection and investigation techniques available to the crime scene investigator

• Describe and evaluate the relative merits of the range of systematic crime scene procedures vital to successful investigations

• Evaluate which of these procedures are appropriate to a particular crime scene and apply these procedures appropriately during a crime scene exercise

• Generate a crime scene report which objectively critiques the methodologies used and draws justified conclusions appropriate for the evidence

• Transfer theoretical and practical knowledge of evidence identification, recording and retrieval into the various roles of forensic specialists.