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Explore the role of a criminal investigator
Assessment Strategies
Written product
Criteria
Identify public and private resources available to aid in investigations
Problem-solve common barriers to evidence dilemmas
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Describe the evolution of forensic science and how it has impacted the criminal justice system
Assessment Strategies
Written product, Exam
Criteria
Identify both historical and modern evidentiary procedures
Describe how science and technology have impacted the criminal investigative process, such as techniques engaged in DNA evidence
Relate the use of the Internet and social media to criminal investigations
Trace the evolution of investigating drug offenses
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Define the legal expectations and limitations of evidence in a criminal proceeding
Assessment Strategies
Written Product-Critical Thinking Essay, Exam
Criteria
Rationalize the use of legal limitations and exceptions to evidence gathering
Relate Constitutional Standards to evidence gathering
Explain the process to obtain, conduct, and return search warrants for evidence
Articulate rules of evidence and legal expectations and limitations of evidence
Articulate concepts of criminal investigation theories through citation of laws, cases, and procedures
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Identify evidence relating to crimes against property, persons, public, and government
Assessment Strategies
Skill Demonstration, Quiz
Criteria
Categorize types of evidence such as soil and earth-based
Explain impression evidence
Identify types of evidence such as paint transfers, fibers, fingerprints, bodily fluids
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Perform investigative techniques aimed at the identification, collection, packaging, recording, and preserving evidence of crimes
Assessment Strategies
Skill Demonstration in Simulated Environment
Criteria
Describe methods to secure and log crime scenes
Use specific tools and techniques in evidence collection, processing, preservation, and transporting in a simulated environment
Differentiate fingerprint types and classification methods
Safely engage in evidence collection, processing, preservation, and transport
You wear personal protective equipment
Use evidence packaging materials, evidence labeling, and chain of custody forms
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Differentiate forensic analysis techniques based upon the relationship between the evidence and the crime
Assessment Strategies
Written Product
Criteria
Correlate between evidence gathered and specific elements of offense
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Demonstrate methods of criminal evidence procedures
Assessment Strategies
Skill Demonstration in Simulated Environment, Written Product-Critical Thinking Essay
Criteria
Follow process to investigate property, cyber, and personal crimes
Follow process to investigate a death
Follow process to investigate a drug crime
Investigate an act of terrorism
Document evidence procedures and chain of custody
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Articulate the role of crime laboratories in the criminal justice system
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Mock Testimony
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Engage in a service learning project that directly involves and engages you in a criminal investigation or process
Assessment Strategies
Skill Demonstration
Criteria
Engage with a criminal investigation stakeholder
Demonstrate Core Workforce Skills as specified on the Madison College Universal Rubric