Introduction to Forensic Science
How science serves the justice system: the crime scene, the forensic laboratory, the main types of evidence and the courts in the United States.
FORS-101 Year 1 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Forensic Science
Course content
- 1What forensic science isComing
- 2History of forensic scienceComing
- 3Forensic laboratories in the United StatesComing
- 4The crime scene and physical evidenceComing
- 5Locard's exchange principle and trace evidenceComing
- 6Fingerprints and impressionsComing
- 7Biological evidence and DNAComing
- 8Drugs and toxicologyComing
- 9Firearms, tool marks and documentsComing
- 10Digital evidenceComing
- 11Forensic science in the courtroomComing
- 12Capstone: following a case from scene to verdictComing
Description
How science serves the justice system: the crime scene, the forensic laboratory, the main types of evidence and the courts in the United States.
Part of the Science stream, typically taken in year 1.