CRJ 4850 - Forensic Law

Institution:

Pennsylvania Western University

Subject:

Criminal Justice

Description:

An interdisciplinary course covering law, criminal justice, and science and technological issues in the evidentiary arena. Coverage in the course provides a broad assessment of expert witnesses, microanalysis, pathological evidence, admissibility and investigatory practice, ballistics, fingerprints, vascar/radar, and photographic techniques. Contrasted with criminalistics, subject matter of this course is primarily evidentiary. More particularly, the course will delve into the rules of evidence, which guide the admissibility of forensic evidence in a court of law. Examination includes threshold tests for reliability and admissibility, qualification of witnesses competent to testify, scientific rigor required for admission, and case law determinations on the use and abuse of scientific evidence.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.pennwest.edu/

Phone Number:

(724) 938-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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