Legal Practitioners Crime Scene

Introduction

This Legal Practitioners Crime Scene training course is an excellent opportunity for Legal Practitioners and associated roles to enrich their ability to identify how crime scene investigations are conducted, this includes how the crime scenes are secured, preserved and examined so that harvesting of forensic opportunities are maximized.

It is the job of legal practitioners to ensure that the police conduct their operations with integrity whilst adopting a clear and robust methodology, this is true when examining crime scenes. This training course will give the participant’s knowledge and skills to recognize when a forensic examination has been undertaken correctly for the circumstances. They will see how that using forensic examination techniques can assist and direct criminal investigations, understand the importance of preservation, the risks from contamination, how forensic evidence can contribute to an investigation, and can assist Legal Practitioners to better understand forensic outcomes in criminal and civil cases.

This GLOMACS training course will highlight:

• Key roles and responsibilities involved in examining and managing crime scenes.
• The importance of securing, preserving, and investigating crime scenes.
• The principles of criminalistics forensics used within a crime scene environment.
• The possible forensic evidence types available from crime scenes.
• Where it is appropriate to use forensic experts and modern forensic techniques.

Objectives

At the end of training course, you will learn to:  

• Identify forensic examination and recovery methods appropriate to the investigation
• Evaluate forensic investigations, tactics, and strategy that are appropriate for the crime
• Develop awareness of crime scene investigation policies, procedures, and processes
• Describe the procedures for the collection, preservation, and recording of Crime Scene samples
• Identify effective operational Crime Scene Investigation techniques