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May 06, 2024
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CRMJ 1397 - Surface Skeleton and Buried Bodies
Credit hours: 3
Course Description:
This course focuses on techniques in locating clandestine bodies and graves. Topics include visual search indicators of burials, disturbances in nature, soil compaction, soil gas detection, cadaver dogs, and scavenging patterns. This class includes many hands-on exercises.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Describe search indicators of burials by the disturbance of soil and soil compaction.
- Identify shallow graves through soil gas detection.
- Understand the use of a cadaver dog.
- Understand the basic knowledge of the proper and effective use of science & technology in support of the police.
- Collect a wide variety of physical evidence that may be encountered at crime scenes.
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