This course aims to provide students with the basic theoretical and philosophical understanding of the investigatory process. Analysis of problems encountered in interviewing, interrogating, evidence collection, and admissibility are part of the course. Application of investigation theories to the administration of justice will also be developed and examined. The course also addresses the fundamental and advanced features of investigation, duties and responsibilities of the investigator, interviewing, interrogation, and information-gathering skills, crime scene analysis, collection, preservation, and testing of evidence, use of technology, types of evidence, and the science of criminality. Emphasis is also on the interdisciplinary and forensic use of knowledge from the natural and social sciences, as applied to prevalent crimes such as homicide, burglary, arson, and sex offenses, but there is also some emphasis upon emerging forms of criminality such as computer crime and terrorism.
