LFSC 591 The Science at a Crime Scene: Finding evidence to give it a voice
“Extremely interesting and easily understood. Excellent instruction--multiple approaches and techniques. Perfect summer class. Will recommend to many other teaching disciplines.”
–'08 Participant, Forensics: Crime Scene
Summer 2010 dates TBA
3 graduate credits
This course is taught by practitioners from the Virginia Department of Forensic Science Central Crime Laboratory, Henrico Police Department, and VCU faculty. This is a new course on the science and art of crime scene processing, evidence handling and scene reconstruction. Topics include entomology, latent prints, bloodstain analysis and crime scene sketching/photography. There will be lectures and hands-on labs, mock crime scenes and an entomological recovery scene.
Lead instructor
Dr. Michelle Peace
E-mail: mrpeace@vcu.edu
Contact us
For more information about this workshop, contact Anna Jones at (804) 828-8831 or Jackie McDonnough at (804) 828-1305.